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Bittersweet Chocolate Skeleton Cookies
Chocolate Skeleton Halloween Cookies are perfect for your Halloween celebration!
Course
Dessert
Calories
Author
Robin Gagnon
Ingredients
Cookies:
1
cup
granulated sugar
½
cup
butter
softened
½
cup
canola oil
1
teaspoon
vanilla extract
1
large egg
1 ¼
cups
all-purpose flour
1
cup
whole-wheat flour
¾
cup
unsweetened dark cocoa
½
teaspoon
salt
Icing:
1
cup
Powdered Sugar
1
tablespoon
Milk
1
tablespoon
Corn Syrup
Instructions
Cream together the sugar, butter, oil & vanilla.
Beat eggs, then mix in.
Add flour, cocoa & salt, and mix well.
Knead dough then roll out between sheets of plastic wrap.
Chill dough for about ½ an hour.
Preheat oven to 350.
Powder surface lightly with cocoa powder, and peel back plastic wrap to lay out dough sheet.
Cut out gingerbread man shapes and place on baking sheets.
Bake for 8-10 minutes, until set.
Let cookies cool in pan for 3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack to finish cooling.
Mix powdered sugar, milk and corn syrup in a small bowl until smooth.
Transfer to piping bag or zippered bag to pipe the skeleton shape onto cookies.
Leave space between the lines or they will run together.
Leave cookies undisturbed for at least an hour for icing to set.