This Halloween Cookie Recipe does not in fact involved any real candy corn, only the shape. Even if you don’t care for the taste of candy corn, you will love these Candy Corn Cookies.
You can start this recipe with your favorite sugar cookie recipe or even the store bought variety. We prefer the bagged one that you just add butter and an egg vs the refrigerated one.
WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE THESE SUGAR COOKIES
You will need 2 1/2 cups of prepared cookie dough to make 24 cookies, but if you always adjust the recipe to meet your needs.
How to Make this Halloween Cookie Recipe
Simply prepare your sugar cookie recipe per the directions and split into three bowls. To make 24 Candy Corn Cookies for Halloween make two bowls of 1 cup and 1 bowl of 1/2 cup of dough
Best Food Coloring for Sugar Cookies
Gel Food Coloring
works best to achieve a bright color for your cookie. Liquid food coloring works as well but you will have to use more and it may water down the dough slightly.
Color one of the 1 cup bowls with Orange food gel and one with yellow food Gel. Leave the 1/2 cup of dough white.
Roll the three bowls of batter into 9 inch logs.
Then layer them together, being sure to wet the orange and yellow logs with a little water.
Wrap the layered cookie dough in Parchment paper and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Press the sugar cookie dough into a triangle shape.
Then slice into 1/2 inch pieces. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet, or one lined with parchment paper.
Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the bottoms of the sugar cookie recipe for Halloween are golden brown.
Place onto a wire cooling rack and allow to cool completely.
Sugar Cookie Recipe for Halloween
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Serve on a platter with real candy corn!
Halloween Cookie Recipe Idea (Candy Corn Cookie)
Make these Sugar Cookies For Halloween. Simple Halloween Cookie Recipe
Materials
- 2 1/2 cups of Sugar Cookie dough
- Yellow Gel Food Color
- Orange Yellow Food Color
- Cookie Sheets
- Parchment Paper
Instructions
- Make your favorite Sugar Cookie recipe
- Split into 3 bowls, (1 cup, 1 cup, 1/2 cup)
- Color one of the 1 cup bowls with Orange food gel and one with yellow food Gel. Leave the 1/2 cup of dough white.
- Roll the three bowls of batter into 9 inch logs.
- Then layer them together, being sure to wet the orange and yellow logs with a little water.
- Wrap the layered cookie dough in Parchment paper and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Press the sugar cookie dough into a triangle shape.
- Then slice into 1/2 inch pieces. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet, or one lined with parchment paper.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the bottoms of the sugar cookie recipe for Halloween are golden brown.
- Allow cooling on a wire rack
Notes
Halve this or double this recipe for more cookies
genius! love these cookies. I could not wrap my head around how you merged the colors until I read the tutorial! Sharing on the weekend edit next weekend! already following you on bloglovin! laura in Colorado