Halloween Cookies
Halloween cookies are a recipe with fresh ingredients from the cookie category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 250 g honey
- 125 g sugar
- 125 g butter
- 0.5 packet gingerbread spice
- 500 g flour
- 1 packet baking powder
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 egg
- flour (for rolling)
- sugar lettering
- 200 g powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
- food coloring
Instructions
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1.
Preheat the oven to 175°C.
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2.
Heat the honey, sugar, butter and gingerbread spice in a pot over low heat while stirring (do not boil). Stir until the sugar has dissolved, then let cool.
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Mix the flour, baking powder and cocoa. Put half of this mixture into a bowl. Add the egg and the honey mixture. Mix everything with a dough hook until smooth. Fold in the remaining flour mixture by hand. Shape into a ball and wrap in cling film. Chill for at least 1 hour before further processing. Roll out to about 5 mm thickness on a lightly floured surface.
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Cut out shapes of witches, cats, owls and leaves, optionally using homemade stencils. Place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for 15 minutes until golden brown. Cool well on a wire rack. Mix powdered sugar and lemon juice into a glaze, color it black, and decorate the Halloween cookies as desired. Finish with sugar lettering and let the glaze set.
