Name: Easy Halloween cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 350g flour; 100g self-raising flour; 125g unrefined granulated sugar; 125g butter or dairy free margarine; 125g golden syrup; 1 large egg; ½ tsp vanilla essence; pinch of salt

Easy Halloween cookies

26 Oct 2015

by Dinna

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

15 minutes

Total Time

30 minutes

Background

You can't have a Halloween party without some scary treats! These easy Halloween cookies really don't require much time and effort to make - then you can go as far as you like with the decoration! If you have kids, let them have fun with this! Alternatively just dust them with icing sugar - they are lovely with a cup of tea on cold days.

Ingredients

350g flour
100g self-raising flour
125g unrefined granulated sugar
125g butter or dairy free margarine
125g golden syrup
1 large egg
½ tsp vanilla essence
pinch of salt

Instructions

Beat the eggs slightly, then add the vanilla essence.
Sieve the flour in a bowl, then mix with the sugar and salt.
Dice the butter, add it to the flour, then crumble with your fingers. Add the eggs and the syrup.
Knead it into a firm dough is kneaded, then divide into two balls. Wrap them in clingfilm, then chill them for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile preheat the oven to 170°C.
Take the dough out of the fridge and roll out to 5mm thickness on a lightly floured work surface.
Using Halloween cookie cutters stamp out the shapes. Re-knead and roll out the leftover pastry.
Place the cookies carefully on a lined baking tray, leaving a good gap between them.
Bake for about 15 minutes until golden brown.
Decorate the biscuits with icing, fondant, chocolate etc. or just dust them with icing sugar.