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Halloween Cookies

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These Halloween Cookies are just sooooo delicious and lots of Halloween fun. Rather unbelievably it was my first foray into Peanut Butter Cookies but I fell in love with them completely and utterly at first crunch.

red and green halloween cookies with candy eyes and spiders

They are some of the most yummy cookies I have ever eaten and so simple anyone could make these lurid craggy beauties. I will be making them at Halloween forever.......Fact.

I always make a Halloween Tea each year for the children. I will still be doing do it when they're 22. I cannot imagine me not doing it, I blinking love it.

I start planning it as soon as August ends. I'm not joking.

I used the recipe for Peanut Butter Cookies from The Hummingbird Bakery Cook Book and simply added some gel food colouring and goofy eyes.

How To Make Halloween Monster Cookies From Scratch

110 grams butter (3.9 oz)

100 grams caster sugar (3.5 oz)

100 grams light soft brown sugar (3.5 oz)

1 medium egg

quarter tsp vanilla extract

120 grams crunchy peanut butter (4.2 oz)

170 grams plain flour (6 oz)

1 and a quarter tsp bicarb soda

quarter tsp salt

1 bag candy eyes

I used the recipe for Peanut Butter Cookies from The Hummingbird Bakery Cook Book and simply added some gel food colouring and goofy eyes.

The gel colouring is best because it won't thin the dough any. Most supermarkets now sell it.

So simple but luridly effective. I split the dough half and half into two separate bowls and added the colours.

Add a little gel at a time. It does require some elbow grease to mix it through but it's better to add a bit at a time because a little goes a long way with food colouring.

green peanut butter cookie dough
Green Cookie Dough
red peanut butter cookie dough
Red Cookie Dough

I then rolled each dough into six balls and placed them well spaced out on a baking tray.

green peanut cookie dough balls
Monster Cookie Dough

After baking them for about ten to twelve minutes they had spread out beautifully and gained craggy tops.

I gently pressed the candy eyes into the tops and left them to cool for five minutes before carefully removing with a flat spatula or fish slice and leaving to cool fully on a wire rack.

Don't let them colour too much. Just a little at the edges. The middles will still be soft as you take them from the oven and then set as they cool.

red and green halloween cookies with candy eyes and spiders

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Bright red and green halloween monster cookies with candy eyes

Halloween Cookies

Jenny
These Halloween Cookies are just sooooo delicious and lots of halloween fun. Rather unbelievably it was my first foray into peanut cookies but I fell in love with them completely and utterly at first crunch. They were one of the most yummy cookies I had ever eaten and so simple anyone could make these craggy beauties.
4.67 from 6 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 12 minutes mins
Total Time 22 minutes mins
Course Cookies
Cuisine Universal
Servings 12
Calories 245 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 110 grams unsalted butter
  • 100 grams caster sugar
  • 100 grams light soft brown sugar
  • 1 medium egg
  • ¼ tsp vanilla extract
  • 120 grams crunchy peanut butter
  • 170 grams plain flour
  • 1 ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 bag candy eyes

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 170 C.
  • Put the butter and sugar in a free standing mixer and cream together with a paddle attachment until pale. Alternatively use a hand held electric whisk. add the egg and beat again, scraping down the sides to make sure of an even mix.
  • Beat in the vanilla and peanut butter. Add the rest of the ingredients before beating again until a smooth dough is formed. Split the dough into two separate bowls.
  • Mix enough gel colour into the two doughs until you get your desired colours.
  • Roll six balls of each colour and place onto a lined baking tray. You will need two separate trays. Space them wide apart to allow them to spread.
  • Bake for ten to twelve mins. Remove from the oven and leave to cool for a few minutes. Gently press your candy eyes into the cookies.
  • Using a spatula remove the cookies and allow to cool on a wire rack.
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Nutrition

Calories: 245kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 234mg | Potassium: 96mg | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 250IU | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg

All nutritional information is approximate and intended only as a guide.

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  1. Kate Harvey

    October 08, 2018 at 1:32 pm

    5 stars
    I love anything nutty, so these are a must ? x

    Reply
    • applytofaceblog

      October 24, 2018 at 4:53 pm

      Will save you a big one on the night then!Thanks Kate x

      Reply
  2. Nickki

    October 08, 2018 at 7:01 pm

    5 stars
    I love these - simple but so effective! Have a great holiday!

    Reply
    • applytofaceblog

      October 24, 2018 at 4:52 pm

      Thanks. We are coming home tomorrow and I’ve already got the holiday blues!

      Reply
  3. Judith A. Graber

    October 09, 2018 at 12:09 pm

    I am the same way about cleaning before I go away (even for a weekend). I just don't like coming home to a dirty house - I even wash the sheets if I can! Cute cookies with bright colors of Halloween. Peanut butter is a plus + Thanks for sharing with Fiesta Friday

    Reply
    • applytofaceblog

      October 24, 2018 at 4:52 pm

      Thank you. I’m so with you on the clean sheets! At least you can fall exhausted into a clean bed. Small mercy’s!!

      Reply
  4. Lisa Alford

    October 10, 2018 at 10:05 pm

    5 stars
    I look forward to making things like this with Tommy and George ??

    Reply
    • applytofaceblog

      October 24, 2018 at 4:49 pm

      I can see it now!!! Just adorable! Thanks LisaFin xx

      Reply
  5. Jacqui Bellefontaine | Recipes Made Easy

    October 15, 2018 at 2:28 pm

    Just back from my hols and catching up on stuff. I so Know what you mean about nor wanting to come home to a mess but I'm not sure I'm as obsessive as you about cleaning. But with my eldest son at home I know if I leave a mess when I go away ill come back to an even greater mess but if I leave it tidy then there's a chance it will be fine when I come back.
    Have a great holiday and a belated thank you for linking to #cookBlogShare.

    Reply
    • applytofaceblog

      October 24, 2018 at 4:45 pm

      Thank you! We start the long journey home tomorrow and I am dreading it!! Have missed good coffee and bread though. Loved your holiday pics!

      Reply
  6. Kat (The Baking Explorer)

    October 19, 2018 at 12:10 pm

    They are so fun and creepy!!

    Reply
    • applytofaceblog

      October 21, 2018 at 12:54 pm

      Aren’t they. Am going to make them again for THE night ??

      Reply
  7. applytofaceblog

    October 24, 2018 at 4:50 pm

    I’m going to make them again for my actual Halloween Table. Can’t wait for the big day!

    Reply
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