Make These Adorable Jack Skellington Cookies at Home!
“What’s this? What’s this?” Oh, just a recipe for some adorable sugar cookies inspired by the Pumpkin King himself, Jack Skellington!
The sugar cookie recipe used to bring the Jack Skellington cookies to life is actually from Tony’s Town Square in the Magic Kingdom. And, then you can decorate the cookies with the face of the iconic “Nightmare Before Christmas” movie.
However, if you have your hands full like I do, here’s a little trick for this treat: Use slice-and-bake cookie dough instead of making the Jack Skellington cookies from scratch!
Jack Skellington Sugar Cookies
Makes 18 cookies
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Icing
2 egg whites
3 cups confectioner’s sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Black food coloring paste
Directions for Cookies:
- Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and whisk until combined. Set aside.
- Combine butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Add flour mixture in three parts. Once dough comes together, cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- On a floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Using a round cookie cutter or an overturned cup, cut dough into circles about 3 1/4 inches in diameter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely before icing.
Directions for icing:
- Place egg whites in bowl of an electric mixer; whisk until frothy. Add confectioners’ sugar a little at a time, until thick but still spreadable.
- Place 1/3 of icing in a separate bowl. Add black food coloring paste to reserved icing and stir until color is uniform.
- Decorate cooled cookies by covering with white icing and letting it dry (placing cookies in the refrigerator will speed up this process).
- Place black icing in a pastry bag or a plastic resealable bag and cut off a tiny bit of the corner to create a very small hole. Use black icing to draw eyes, nostrils and stitched mouth on each cookie.
Once you finish making your batch of Jack Skellington, make sure to share your photos with us!
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