Description
Soft buttery sugar cookies decorated with festive orange, black, and white icing for a fun Halloween treat.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups powdered sugar (for icing)
- Food coloring (orange, black, white)
- Sprinkles for decoration
Instructions
- In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy, then beat in eggs and vanilla.
- Mix in flour, baking powder, and salt until dough forms; chill for 30 minutes.
- Roll out dough on a floured surface and cut into pumpkin, ghost, and circle shapes.
- Bake at 350°F for 8–10 minutes until edges are lightly golden; cool completely.
- Prepare icing by mixing powdered sugar with milk and vanilla, then divide and color.
- Frost cookies with colored icing and decorate with sprinkles or faces using a piping bag.
- Let icing set before serving or storing in an airtight container.
Notes
- Chilling the dough helps prevent the cookies from spreading too much while baking.
- Feel free to get creative with decorations!
- Store cookies in an airtight container to keep them fresh.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 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: 1g
- Cholesterol: 30mg