Recipes

Day of the Dead cookies

Day of the Dead cookies by Shane Smith

Shane Smith
Sat Oct 22 2022 - 03:00
Makes: 20
Course: Dessert
Cooking Time: 15 mins
Prep Time: NaN hr 40 mins
Ingredients
  • 125g butter
  • 125g soft brown sugar
  • 1 medium egg
  • 250g plain flour
  • ½ tsp ground ginger
  • Dash vanilla essence
  • 300g white fondant icing
  • 200g icing sugar
  • Selection of food colouring gels
  1. Cream the butter and sugar in a bowl until soft and pale.
  2. Add the egg and vanilla, and mix.
  3. Add the flour and ginger. Mix well.
  4. Wrap and chill the dough for 30 minutes.
  5. Preheat the oven to 180C-160C fan.
  6. Line two baking trays with parchment and set aside.
  7. On a floured surface, roll out the rested pastry to about ½cm in thickness and using a skull cutter, cut out 20 biscuits and place on the lined trays. If you don’t have a skull cutter, you can use a 8cm round cutter.
  8. Place in the preheated oven and bake for 12-15 minutes or until lightly golden brown all over. Remove and allow to cool.
  9. Using the same cutter, roll out the white fondant icing and cut out 20 discs.
  10. For the multicoloured icings, mix the icing sugar with 25ml-30ml of water to create a paste.
  11. Divide into four and add different food colouring gels. Spoon these into mini parchment paper piping bags.
  12. To assemble, stick the white fondant disc to the biscuit using some of the icing and then get creative with different coloured designs.
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