Misty Ghost Sugar Cookies
These Misty Ghost Sugar Cookies bring the perfect blend of spooky charm and delicious sweetness to your Halloween celebrations! These unique cookies are circular and feature a foggy, misty ghost effect created with delicate white icing, making them ideal for Halloween parties, trick-or-treat bags, or as a festive treat for family and friends. With their soft, buttery texture and eerie look, these cookies are a fun and easy way to get into the Halloween spirit.
- 225 g unsalted butter softened
- 220 g caster sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 450 g flour
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder heaped
- 2/4 tsp salt
To make the icing
- 330 g icing sugar
- 40 ml egg white white of 1 large egg
- 2 tbsp corn syrup
- 1.5 tbsp water
Preheat the oven to 180C/356F. Line a large tray with baking paper. Beat the butter and sugar together for a couple of minutes, until creamy. Add in the the egg and vanilla, beating until combined.
Mix in the flour, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt until combined.
Once combined continue to mix the dough on a very lightly floured countertop or work surface. Roll out the dough evenly. Just under 1 cm or a third of an inch in thickness is perfect. Use round biscuit cutters to cut out your cookies and place on your baking tray to cook.
I bake for 16-18 minutes. When you take them out of the oven they should still be slightly soft to the touch. Leave the cookies to cool fully on the tray, and they will harden and finish cooking as they cool.
To make the icing, beat the egg whites, icing sugar, corn syrup and water together until smooth and glossy. Enjoy!