These fun and easy Shortbread Mummy Cookies make a great Halloween treat to bake with the kids and they're perfect for Halloween party food too!
Following on from my cute Spider Cookies recipe, today I have another fun Halloween Cookie recipe to share, this time easy mummy cookies!
These fun mummy cookies are super easy and lots of fun to bake with the kids! They're perfect for baking in bulk for Halloween party food, or serving up at a spooky Halloween tea party!
Chocolate Shortbread Mummy Cookies
Ingredients (makes approx. 24 cookies):
For the cookies:
- 250g butter
- 125g caster sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 375g plain flour
- 30g cocoa powder
To decorate:
- 300g icing sugar
- edible candy eyes
Method:
Preheat oven to 160°C (Gas mark 2/325°F).
Line 2 large baking trays with baking paper.
Place the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl, then whisk together until pale and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and whisk to combine.
Sieve in the flour and cocoa powder. Whisk again until the mixture comes together in a crumbly dough.
Pull the dough together with your hands, then roll out on a lightly floured surface to around 1cm thick. Using a small round cookie cutter, cut circles from the dough, then carefully transfer them to the baking trays.
Bake for around 15 minutes until cooked through.
Once cooked, leave the chocolate shortbread rounds to cool on the baking trays for a few minutes then transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
Once the cookies are completely cool, make the icing:
Sieve the icing sugar into a bowl then a splash of water. Stir well until the sugar has dissolved and the icing is smooth. Add a little more water if needed to get the correct consistency of icing – it should be a thick paste suitable for piping.
Spoon the icing into a disposable piping bag, then snip off the end and pipe zig-zags of lines across the cookies to make mummy ‘bandages’, leaving a small gap near the top of the cookie for the eyes.
Stick two edible candy eyes in place using the icing as ‘glue’.
Leave the icing to dry and set.
Once the icing has completely dried, store your mummy cookies in an airtight container, layered with baking paper to separate them, until ready to serve.
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Chocolate Shortbread Mummy Cookies
Ingredients
For the cookies:
- 250 g butter
- 125 g caster sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 375 g plain flour
- 30 g cocoa powder
To decorate:
- 300 g icing sugar
- edible candy eyes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160°C (Gas mark 2/325°F).
- Line 2 large baking trays with baking paper.
- Place the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl, then whisk together until pale and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and whisk to combine.
- Sieve in the flour and cocoa powder. Whisk again until the mixture comes together in a crumbly dough.
- Pull the dough together with your hands, then roll out on a lightly floured surface to around 1cm thick. Using a small round cookie cutter, cut circles from the dough, then carefully transfer them to the baking trays.
- Bake for around 15 minutes until cooked through.
- Once cooked, leave the chocolate shortbread rounds to cool on the baking trays for a few minutes then transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
- Once the cookies are completely cool, make the icing:
- Sieve the icing sugar into a bowl then a splash of water. Stir well until the sugar has dissolved and the icing is smooth. Add a little more water if needed to get the correct consistency of icing – it should be a thick paste suitable for piping.
- Spoon the icing into a disposable piping bag, then snip off the end and pipe zig-zags of lines across the cookies to make mummy ‘bandages’, leaving a small gap near the top of the cookie for the eyes.
- Stick two edible candy eyes in place using the icing as ‘glue’.
- Leave the icing to dry and set.
- Once the icing has completely dried, store your mummy cookies in an airtight container, layered with baking paper to separate them, until ready to serve.
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