Description
Spooky sugar cookies decorated as Frankenstein, mummies, and creepy monsters with colorful icing details.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Royal icing (colored: green, purple, orange, black, white)
- Candy eyes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment.
- Cream butter and sugar, then beat in egg and vanilla.
- Stir in flour and baking powder until dough forms, chill for 30 minutes.
- Roll out dough to ¼-inch thickness, cut into rectangles or face shapes.
- Bake 10–12 minutes until edges are lightly golden, then cool completely.
- Decorate with royal icing: green for Frankenstein, white bandages for mummies, purple/orange for other monsters.
- Add candy eyes and piped stitches/scars for spooky detail.
Notes
- Chilling the dough helps prevent spreading during baking.
- Feel free to get creative with monster designs!
- Store cookies in an airtight container for up to a week.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg