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Decorated Halloween cookies with pumpkins, ghosts, and bats on a wooden table.

Halloween Cookies: Spooky & Sweet Halloween Cookie Recipes


  • Author: Mia Lewis
  • Total Time: ~40 min
  • Yield: ~24–30 cookies

Description

A pair of festive cookies: classic sugar for decorating + monster chocolate for fun, quick bites.


Ingredients

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  • Butter (softened)

  • Granulated sugar

  • 1 egg

  • Vanilla extract

  • All-purpose flour

  • Baking powder

  • Food coloring / gel (optional)

  • Decorating supplies: icing, sprinkles, markers


Instructions

  1. Cream butter + sugar until fluffy.

  2. Add egg + vanilla, mix.

  3. Add flour + baking powder, mix into a dough.

  4. Chill dough 30–60 min.

  5. Roll out ~¼ inch (6 mm), cut shapes, place on parchment-lined sheet.

  6. Bake at ~175 °C (350 °F) until edges are just set (watch carefully).

  7. Cool completely, then decorate.

For the monster/chocolate version, mix in cocoa + candies, scoop and bake as drop cookies.

  • Prep Time: 20 min (+ chilling)
  • Cook Time: 8–12 min