Cookie Recipes - Trick or Treaters Recipe

  
 

Party Cookie Recipes - Trick or Treaters Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups/225 g all purpose/plain flour

  • 1/4 tsp baking soda

  • 1/4 tsp salt

  • 1/2 cup/125 g butter, softened

  • 1/2 cup/100 g firmly packed light brown sugar

  • 1 large egg

  • 2 oz/60 g semisweet/dark chocolate, coarsely chopped

  • 7 oz/200 g store-bought ready-to-roll white fondant

  • 2 drops orange food coloring (or red and yellow)

Method:

  1. Sift the flour, baking soda, and slat into a medium bowl. Beat the butter and brown sugar in a large bowl until creamy. Add the egg, beating until just blended.

  2. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler over barely simmering water. Stir the melted chocolate into the butter mixture. Mix in the dry ingredients to form a stiff dough.

  3. Press the dough into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

  4. Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C/gas 4. Butter two cookie sheets. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of 1/4 inch (5mm).

  5. Use a 3 inch (8cm) cookie cutter to cut out the cookies. Continue cutting out cookies until all the dough is used. Transfer the cookies to the prepared cookie sheets, placing them 1 inch (2.5cm) apart.

  6. Bake for 10-15 minutes, or until just golden. Transfer to racks and let cool completely.

  7. Knead the white fondant frosting until malleable. Divide the fondant into two portions. Place one portion in a bowl and mix in the coloring until no white streaks remain.

  8. Roll out he plain fondant on a surface lightly dusted with confectioners' sugar to a thickness of 1/8 inch (3mm). Use the cookie cutter to cut out enough fondant rounds to cover half the cookies.

  9. Brush the fondant rounds with water. Place wet-side down on top of half the cookies. Repeat with the orange fondant and place on top of the remaining cookies.

  10. Use an edible black candy writer to draw spooky designs.