Halloween cookies should be not only very tasty, but also as original as possible. Indeed, on such a modern holiday, which came to us from the traditions of the ancient Celts of Scotland and Ireland, it is customary not only to dress in awesome costumes, but also to bake unusual items.
About how to make cookies for Halloween, quite often they are interested in those who decided to hold a theme party and make a huge number of friends.
To prepare such a dessert, you should show remarkable imagination, as well as make a lot of effort. After all, Halloween cookies should turn out to be as delicious, beautiful, or, conversely, awesome.
Consider a few recipes for such an unusual festive baking.
Making Halloween Witch Fingers Cookies
This dessert is perhaps the most popular among those who like to surprise their guests with an unusual treat. It should be noted that to prepare such a sweet dish you do not need to buy expensive ingredients. After all, it is done using simple and affordable products. So we need:
- standard rustic egg - 3 pcs.;
- good margarine, intended for baking (you can also use butter) - about 250 g;
- potato starch - a large full spoon;
- vanillin - a big pinch;
- table soda, slaked with apple cider vinegar - a small spoon;
- fine granulated sugar - a full glass;
- high fat milk of maximum freshness - about 100 ml;
- wheat flour of the highest grade - as much as the base will take;
- almonds (peeled pumpkin seeds can be used) - 80 g;
- any red jam or jam - apply to decorate the dessert.
Cooking dough
Halloween cookies “Witch's Fingers” are easy enough. But in order for the presented dessert to turn out to be really beautiful and fully live up to its name, you will have to show all your creative abilities.
So, for kneading the base, you need to beat the village eggs with a mixer along with granulated sugar. The resulting mixture in the amount of one large spoon should be removed to the side, as it is useful to us for fastening the "nails". To the rest of the mass it is necessary to pour in milk of high fat content, add softened margarine, as well as pour vanillin and extinguish table soda with vinegar (can be replaced with baking powder).
After mixing the ingredients, they should lay out wheat flour of high quality. You need to add it in an amount so that you have a dough that does not stick to your hands. It must be wrapped in foil and left in the refrigerator for 30-45 minutes.
We form “fingers” from the base
It’s not very difficult to independently create Halloween cookies, the recipe of which we are considering. To do this, the base should be removed from the film, and then divided into small balls. From each product it is required to fashion an oblong shape, as close as possible to the shape of a human finger. Also, it is necessary to make shallow risks on it, which will imitate the places of articular folds. In conclusion, at one end of the “finger” you need to attach a whole almond-nail, using as a glue the sweet egg mass that was previously laid. As for the other side of the product, it can be taken so that it seemed that the “finger” was literally torn off.
Bake in the oven “Witch's Fingers”
Halloween cookies are not baked in the oven for very long. To do this, the lower part of the formed products must be sprinkled with potato starch, and then put on a baking sheet with baking paper. Next, the filled sheet should be placed in a heated cabinet (oven) and baked at a temperature of 200 degrees for 28-34 minutes. During this time, the “fingers” should become ruddy and round a little.
Decorate dessert with jam or jam
After the Halloween cookies are ready, they should be carefully removed from the baking paper and then cooled on a cutting board. Further, almonds must be carefully removed from each product, without damaging the integrity of the nut and the dessert itself. After this, the place of fastening must be greased with thick jam or jam of red color (you can use chocolate icing), and then again attach the almonds. In addition, the other end of the dessert (ragged) should be dipped in red sweetness and put on a flat plate.
Having designed all the products in this way, they need to be briefly placed in the refrigerator, and then served with the tea for the festive table.
Original Halloween Cookies: Pumpkin Recipe
Pumpkin is the most popular Halloween symbol. That is why not a single meeting of the presented holiday is complete without it. But if for some reason you can’t get this vegetable, we recommend you make a dessert in the form of it yourself.
So, to make Halloween Pumpkin cookies, we need:
- granulated sugar or powder from it - 50 g;
- high-grade light flour - about 180 g;
- natural butter - about 140 g;
- baking powder - a small spoon;
- large sweet orange - 1 pc.;
- dark chocolate - 30 g of chocolate (for filling);
- soft cheese "Mascarpone" - about 100 g (for filling);
- icing sugar - dessert spoon (for filling).
Cooking sand base
To make beautiful Halloween cookies for kids, you have to work hard. After all, such a dessert requires a special creative imagination.
First you need to make shortcrust pastry. It mixes quite easily. Butter (soft, creamy) should be thoroughly mashed, and then add to it high-grade flour, baking powder, icing sugar and orange zest. These products must be thoroughly mixed, rolled into a ball, wrapped in plastic wrap and left in the refrigerator for an hour.
We form products in the form of pumpkins
After the specified time, the base should be removed and freed from cling film. To make a beautiful Halloween cookie with your own hands, you need to generously sprinkle flour on the table, and then roll the dough onto it (it should be about 3 mm thick). After this, the base must be cut into circles with a diameter of about 8 cm (24 in total). To do this, you can use any glass or a special form. Then, using a sharp knife in 12 pieces, you should cut out Halloween pumpkins, carefully and carefully cutting through your eyes and mouth.
It is recommended to use the rest of the dough for sculpting the stems of future pumpkins. At the end, the blunt side of the knife with the help of slight pressing movements on the "faces" should make longitudinal stripes, simulating pumpkins.
Bake products in the oven
After the formation of all the pumpkins, they must be carefully moved to a sheet of baking paper. There, you should also lay out ordinary circles in the amount of 12 pcs. In total, you should get 24 products. It is recommended to bake them for 20-30 minutes, until lightly browned.
Making a filling of cheese and dark chocolate
While the cookies are baked in the oven, you can prepare the toppings. To do this, beat Mascarpone soft cheese with powdered sugar and slightly cooled melted chocolate. As a result, you should get a homogeneous brown mass of delicate texture.
Decorate dessert
After baking cookies, it should be completely cooled. Next, 12 circles are required to be greased liberally with creamy chocolate filling, and then covered with a product with a muzzle cut out. As a result, you will receive a very original and tasty cookie “Pumpkins”, which every guest will appreciate.
Original curd cookie "Spider line"
How can I make original Halloween cookies? A recipe (a dessert photo is presented in this article) of such a treat may involve the use of various products. We decided to tell you about how to make curd products in the form of a spider web.
So, we need:
- standard rustic egg - 2 pcs.;
- good margarine, intended for baking (you can also use butter) - about 150 g;
- vanillin - a big pinch;
- baking powder - a small spoon;
- low-fat cottage cheese in a pack - 180 g;
- fine granulated sugar - 2/3 cup;
- wheat flour of the highest grade - as much as the base will take;
- dark chocolate - 90 g;
- cream - 30 ml (used to decorate dessert).
Kneading curd dough
To knead the dough for such a delicacy, you need to beat the village eggs with granulated sugar, and then put a packet of low-fat cottage cheese and mix well. Next, grate the soft margarine with flour, add vanilla and baking powder to them. After that, both parts of the test must be connected. As a result, a base should be formed that adheres well to the fingers.
We form and bake a curd treat
After kneading the base, several thin and not very long sausages should be rolled from it, and then connected in the form of a web. It is advisable to carry out this procedure directly on a baking sheet with baking paper. After all, if you do this on a cutting board, then it is unlikely that in the future you will be able to transfer the semi-finished product to the sheet without damaging its shape.
After filling the pan with small "cobwebs" it should be put in a preheated cabinet (oven). It is recommended to bake formed products at a temperature of 200 degrees for 15-26 minutes. During this time, the cookies will become rosy and very tasty.
Decorating a homemade treat
After the sweet products are baked in the oven, they should be completely cooled. Meanwhile, you can make chocolate glaze. To do this, dark tiles must be broken into slices, and then add cream to them and melt in a water bath.
Having cooled a little, the chocolate icing should be placed in a culinary syringe, and then a thin trickle to draw on the products the same web. As a result, you should get a very tasty and original cookie that can be safely served for a holiday such as Halloween.
By the way, in addition, all baked products in the form of a web can be decorated with small "spiders". Candies, candied fruits, nuts, dried fruits and other products that should be glued to an still-unheated glaze will serve well as them. Also, using it, six small legs are required to be added to these ingredients. Believe me, from such a dessert any of your guests or family members will be indescribable delight.