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Frosted Halloween Cookies
Prep Time
20
mins
Cook Time
15
mins
Total Time
35
mins
Course:
dessert
Cuisine:
american
Keyword:
halloween recipes
Servings:
16
Author:
Two Lucky Spoons
Ingredients
1 ½
C
unsalted sweet cream butter
softened
1 ½
C
light brown sugar
½
C
sugar
3
large eggs
2
tbsp
light corn syrup
1
tbsp
pure vanilla extract
4
C
flour
1
C
Hershey dark cocoa powder
1
tbsp
cornstarch
2
tsp
baking soda
1
tsp
kosher salt
1
C
green and orange M & M's
Vanilla Frosting
1
C
unsalted sweet cream butter
softened
2
C
powdered sugar
4
tbsp
heavy whipping cream
3
tsp
Pure Vanilla extract
Neon Green gel food coloring
Neon Orange gel food coloring
Green and Orange mini M & M's
Large piping bag fitted with large round tip
2
small bowls
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line two cookie sheets with a silicone baking mat
Using a standing mixer, beat the butter, sugar, light brown sugar, eggs, corn syrup, and vanilla
until light and fluffy
Using a medium bowl, whisk the flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, salt and baking soda
Gradually beat the dry ingredients into the wet until a dough forms
Gently fold in the 1 C of green and orange M & M's
Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop out dough mound into your hand and roll into a ball
Place onto the cookie sheet and light press into a thick disk
Bake in the oven for 15-18 minutes or until firm around the edge
Allow to cool completely
Vanilla Frosting
Using a standing mixer, beat the butter, powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream, Vanilla extract
until creamy and holds a peak
Divide the frosting into the two bowls
Mix 3 drops of the Neon Green gel food coloring into 1 bowl
Mix in 3 drops of the Neon Orange gel food coloring into the second bowl
Scoop the neon green frosting onto 1 side of the piping bag and the neon orange frosting onto
the other side of the piping bag
Pipe swirls around each cookie and sprinkle some green and orange mini M & M's on top