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Scary Halloween cookies
Photo: Molly Mears

Scary Halloween cookies

11 ingredients 2 hr + 30 min Makes 20 openrecipes
Scary Halloween cookies

Try colouring the cookie dough with black or red food colouring; it may not be pretty but it will be scary.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

713
Calories
20g
Protein
18g
Fat
113g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Apricot 1 medium (35g) 17
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Icing not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 250g/9oz unsalted butter
  • 250g/9oz golden caster sugar
  • 2 free-range eggs
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 500g/1lb 2oz plain flour
  • red and black food colouring
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • Halloween-themed cookie cutters
  • red, white and black writing icing
  • 200g/7oz ready-to-roll fondant icing
  • 1 tbsp apricot jam

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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