Halloween Cookies
Cooking time: 45 mins
MAKES: 20 biscuits
Ingredients
500g plain flour250g softened butter
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs (beaten)
½ tsp vanilla extract
250g softened butter
food colouring (colour of your choice) - optional
250g golden caster sugar
cookie cutters (your favourite halloween shapes)
writing icing of your choice
200g ready-to-roll fondant icing
30g apricot jam, (warm)
Method
In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter and sugar to a light, fluffy consistency. Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract. If you’re using food colouring, add a few drops to the mixture.
Sift together the flour and baking powder in a separate bowl. Stir the flour into the butter mixture and work into a dough using floured hands. Turn onto a floured work surface and knead into a ball (the dough will be quite wet). Divide the dough into two portions, wrap in cling film and leave to chill in the fridge for at least one hour.
Preheat the oven to 170ºC Line two baking trays with greaseproof paper.
Roll the dough out to a ¼in thick. (It’s best to roll out one portion of the dough at a time, leaving the remainder in the fridge.) Cut shapes out with the Halloween cutters and place the cookies onto the baking tray.
Bake for 12-15 minutes, then leave to cool fully before decorating,
Once cool, Brush the cookies with the warmed apricot jam and stick the icing onto the cookies. Decorating them however you like.
