Spooky Zombie Halloween Cookie Recipe

Jenn Worden

Yields 12

Spooky Zombie Halloween Cookie Recipe

40 minPrep Time

10 minCook Time

50 minTotal Time

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Ingredients

Cookie Ingredients:
• 5 C flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 C soft unsalted butter
• 2 C granulated sugar
• 4 eggs
Royal Icing:
• 2 egg whites
• 1 C powder sugar
• 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
• Ivory & black gel food coloring

Instructions

Cookie Directions:
1. Cream the soft butter with the sugar until the combination is smooth not grainy to the touch in a mixing bowl.
2. Add all 4 eggs at one time...Continue to mix.
3. Add the vanilla.. Continue mixing.
4. Sift the four, baking powder, and salt together.
5. Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture.
6. Continue mixing to make sure all ingredients are thoroughly blended.
7. Make the dough into a ball, wrap it in cling wrap completely covering the entire dough ball.
8. Put in the refrigerator for about 6 hours or overnight. Check to see if the dough is firm.
9. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
10. Pull the cookie dough out of the refrigerator and sit it out to soften up a bit.
11. Put flour out on the wood cutting board, rub flour on the rolling pin, and work some flour into the batter.
12. Roll the dough out on the cutting board and using your ....... cookie cutter begin to make your cookies.
13. Line the cookie sheet with parchment paper.
14. Using a metal spatula move the cut cookie to the parchment lined cookie sheet.
15. Bake at 325 degrees for 8 minutes. Check to see if the cookie are thoroughly baked.
16. Take the cookies off of the cookie sheet and put on a wire rack to cool completely. (About 10 minutes).
Icing Directions:
17. Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl mixing on medium speed for 4 minutes. (except your food coloring)
18. If icing is not stiff enough add 1/4 C powder sugar.
19. Leave icing in large bowl. Take out 2 bowls, put 3/4 of the icing in the first bowl, add several drops of ivory gel food coloring. Mix well.
20. Put the remaining icing in the second bowl adding several drops of black gel food coloring. Mix well to blend the black color throughout the entire bowl of icing.
21. Spoon each of these two bowls of icings into individual frosting bags with a #5 tips.... twist the open end of the bag to push the icing to the tip.
Basic Icing Directions:
22. First step for each of the gingerbread men is to outline it in ivory. Allow 30 seconds for the outlining to dry.
23. Add water to some of the base icing mix (1 tsp) and mix it in. Use this icing to fill in the cookie.
24. Leave some of the ivory icing in the pastry bag for use later.
25. Using a butter knife to spread it from the outlined part inwards to the center.
Spooky Zombie:
26. Allow the ivory gingerbread man to dry before beginning to add on his suit.
27. Following the picture of the cookie outline the suit in black, Fill in the outlined V-neck suit in black icing as well.
28. Add a tie around the gingerbread mans neck. -The suit should reach to the edge of his hands and feet, which you will leave ivory.
29. Add ivory pinstripes to the black suit. Add a black thin belt at the middle of the gingerbread man.
30. Add two thick dots for the eyes.
31. Add two thick ivory small dots for the nose then top the two dots off with two black smaller dots.
32. For the mouth draw a half circle from one ear to the other ear in black.
33. Add 5 small short lines across the half circle.
34. Allow icing to dry 5-10 hours.