How to make basic sugar cookies:

Let’s start off by letting you know our sugar cookie recipe. This way you’ll have a great base, and you can then use all of the below as inspiration for decorating them.

Perfect Sugar Cookies

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Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 12 minutes

Total Time 22 minutes

Ingredients

• 300g all-purpose flour
• 180g unsalted butter
• 150g granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp almond extract

Instructions

1. Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl.
2. In a large bowl mix the butter and sugar until creamy. Add the egg, almond extract, and vanilla and mix.
3. Slowly add the flour mixture into the large bowl, stirring it all together.
4. Sprinkle some flour onto your countertop and empty the combined mixture on top of it.
5. Lightly dust the top of the mixture with flour, and start rolling it out with a rolling pin until it is about 1/4 inch thick.
6. Use your cookie cutters to cut the dough into your desired shapes. Lay on a piece of baking paper on a baking tray.
7. Cook at 180 degrees C for 12 minutes.
8. Leave to cool.

Make a spider web on cookies.

This is a super simple, yet really effective idea. Take any shape of cookie, add some white icing, and then use black icing to draw out some spider webs. Or reverse it and draw white webs on black icing. Both are super effective!

Create candy corn cookies.

Candy corn cookies are the perfect treat to serve on Halloween. The triangular shape of candy corn is easy to recognize, and it’s fun to decorate cookies with them.

Once you’ve got your cookie dough rolled out, use a small knife or pizza cutter to cut out triangles. You can even make one large triangle for a large cookie by putting three smaller triangles together at the points.

Once you’ve baked your edible triangles, use icing or chocolate drizzle as glue for adding candy corn! If you’d like to make these cookies even more festive for Halloween parties, try adding some fake spiderwebs around the edges of your cookies.

Make monster cookie bites.

To create these cute monsters, you’ll need some cookie cutters. Try using a monster or ghost shape to get started. Once you have your cookie dough ready, roll it out into a long strip and press your cutter all the way through—it’s important that there is no space between each cookie as they will be connected while baking! Now use food coloring and icing to decorate them however you like!

Create spider cookies.

For the spider cookies, you can use a cookie cutter or a spider template. You can find these in most craft stores. To make it as realistic as possible, use a toothpick to draw the legs on your cookie. Use royal icing to draw the spider’s body and eyes with chocolate chips for the eyes and mouth with candy corn for legs and body.

Make mummy cookies.

Making mummy cookies is easy, so don’t be afraid to get creative with this classic Halloween favorite. Start with a cookie cutter. If you’re feeling crafty and have access to some common kitchen tools (a rolling pin and/or a sharp knife) and/or some basic artistic skills, there’s no reason why you can’t create your own mummy cookie cutter. However, if you want something quick and easy to do without much effort on your part after a long day of work or school, then go ahead and buy one! The circular shape is what makes these cookies look like mummies—and the more detailed they are, the better they’ll turn out in the end.

Conjure up some witches’ hats.

Witches’ hats are a must-have for any witch, and they’re not that difficult to make. Create cookies in the shape of hats (or triangles if you don’t have fancy cookie cutters), then decorate. You’ll end up with that distinctive pointy look that makes witches so recognizable!

Decorate a pumpkin patch on your cookies.

You can create your own pumpkin patch on cookies. First, roll out your cookie dough and cut out shapes that resemble pumpkins, stems and leaves. Use green icing to add lines and dots where the pumpkins are, then use red icing to make stems. For eyes, use black icing or candies that look like eyeballs (such as M&M’s).

Making fun designs on cookies is fun, easy and cheap!

Everyone likes cookies, right? They’re the perfect treat for Halloween. This year, instead of buying them from the store, why not make your own? It’s easy and fun! Plus, it’ll save you money. And who doesn’t like that?

Making cookies is a great activity for kids (or adults) because they get to be creative while they eat dessert. There are tons of different cookie cutters available at stores like Walmart or Target—you can find everything from witches’ hats to pumpkins to cats! You’ll also need some flour and sugar or buttercream frosting (as well as other ingredients depending on what kind of cookie you’re making). Finally, prepare your workspace: cover your table with parchment paper so no mess gets stuck under the cutters!

So there you have it! Those are some pretty cool ways to decorate your cookies with simple ingredients that you probably have on hand already. These ideas work for all kinds of occasions, but I think my favorite part is how easy they are. You don’t have to spend a lot of money or time making these designs – just grab some icing and sprinkles! And then eat them up when you’re done because let’s be honest: who doesn’t love a good cookie?

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