These ghost cookies will animate any Halloween party, they are ideal to do as a family and spend a fun evening preparing them and decorating them. Quick and simple, a good choice to start in pastry. In addition to spending time with the children in the kitchen, you will get some perfect cookies for
These ghost cookies will animate any Halloween party, they are ideal to do as a family and spend a fun evening preparing them and decorating them. Quick and simple, a good choice to start in pastry.
In addition to spending time with the children in the kitchen, you will get some perfect cookies for a terrifying Halloween party with its ghost shape. Sweets to enjoy and for the little ones to dare with desserts.
Ingredients
400 gr. of flour
200 gr. of butter or margarine
250 gr. of sugar
250 gr of icing sugar
50 gr. of pure cocoa powder
2 eggs + 1 light (for glaze)
1 teaspoon of vanilla sugar
1 teaspoon of yeast
1 lemon (for glaze)
Salt
Preparation of ghost cookies
1. Remove the butter or margarine previously so that it is warm. Beat the eggs and mix them with butter, sugar and vanilla. Tam 2. Sift the flour with the yeast and cocoa powder, and gradually add to the previous mixture. Knead until smooth. Place in the refrigerator and let stand at least 1 hour.
3. Preheat the oven to 200º, and line the trays with baking paper.
4. Remove the dough from the refrigerator. Knead and stretch on a flat surface with the help of a roller. Ghost shape the cookies, either with a mold or using a knife.
5. Place the cookies on the tray and bake about 10 minutes at 180º
6. For the glaze: Sift the icing sugar in a bowl, add the egg white and a few drops of lemon juice. Beat with the whisk for a few minutes until the mixture thickens. When the cookies are made, paint them with this mixture.
7. If you want to make the details of mouth and eyes use chocolate fondant, or melt dark chocolate and butter or margarine in the microwave. Make the drawings carefully with aydua of a fine nozzle pastry bag.
