Name: Kid’s Halloween Party Cookies recipe by Runa Ganguly at BetterButter
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: For Ghost and Witch finger cookies;; 250 grams softened unsalted butter; 350 grams self raising/plain flour; 300 grams granulated sugar; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1.5 tablespoon vanilla Essence; 10-12 almonds soaked overnight,peeled and halved; Around 4-5 tablespoons of red coloured jam(mixed fruit or strawberry should do); Handful Hershey’s Choco chips; For scary Oreo spider cookies:; 1 pack, 250 grams of Oreo creme cookies(if desired flavour); 2 tablespoon heavy creme; Tiny Hershey’s chocolates buttons(as needed)

Ingredients Serving: 10

For Ghost and Witch finger cookies;
250 grams softened unsalted butter
350 grams self raising/plain flour
300 grams granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1.5 tablespoon vanilla Essence
10-12 almonds soaked overnight,peeled and halved
Around 4-5 tablespoons of red coloured jam(mixed fruit or strawberry should do)
Handful Hershey’s Choco chips
For scary Oreo spider cookies:
1 pack, 250 grams of Oreo creme cookies(if desired flavour)
2 tablespoon heavy creme
Tiny Hershey’s chocolates buttons(as needed)

Instructions

place the butter in a mixing bowl and Beat until soft peaks are formed
Add in 1/2 the sugar and beat until incorporated, then repeat by adding the remaining sugar
Once done, start adding the flour in portions and fold in well using a spatula
Keep 4-5 tablespoon of the dough aside to be used for Oreo spider cookies
You may want to refrigerate the dough wrapped in a cling film for an hour before beginning to shape the cookies(optional)
Once done, align a baking tray with baking paper and put your gloves on
Preheating the oven can be done when you are half way through your shaping process, as it may take sometime
For the ghost cookies, option 1: if using a cookie cutter, it’s essential that you refrigerate the dough before shaping, as you want it to be firm
Cut off ghost shaped cookies and place Choco chips to denote eyes
Option 2: for shaping with hands, roll a lemon sized dough into s ball and flatten to form a tear/rain drop shape(easy option)
Another way is to shape them like a pear and then place Choco chips.
For witch fingers : take a dough portion lesser than a lemon
Roll into a cylinder and place on the baking tray
Press down gently using a fork to create marks (optional)
Add a touch of jam on one end of the rolled finger (denoting blood)and place half an almond on the other end (denoting nail)
Create all finger and ghost cookies similarly and as many as you need from the dough
Halfway through shaping the cookies, preheat oven to 180 degree celcius
Leave 1/2 inch gap between each cookie and place the tray in the oven once done
Bake until the sides slightly brown and transfer the baked cookies on a rack to cool
Oreo spider cookies:
Mix melted chocolate/1/2 tablespoon of cocoa powder to the dough kept aside before
Separate the biscuit shells and roll a pinch sized portions of the chocolate dough into tiny spider legs
Cover with the shell once agin and press down gently. Keep aside to set
Place the creme in a bowl and dip a chopstick end in it
Create spider eyes and place chocolate buttons to create eyeballs..scary!! (You can break Choco chips into smaller pieces for eye balls if so not find small sized chocolate buttons)
That’s it. Our scary Oreo spider cookies are ready
store all the cookies airtight until the ‘big day’
Happy Halloween!

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Oct-31-2018

BetterButter Editorial Oct-31-2018

Hi Runa, collage images are not allowed, kindly share a clear and single image of this dish. To edit the image, please go to the recipe image and click on the 'pen icon' on the right top side and edit the image. Thanks!