Cookie Directions:
- Cream the soft butter with the sugar until the combination is smooth not grainy to the touch in a mixing bowl.
-Add all 4 eggs at one time...Continue to mix. -Add the vanilla.. Continue mixing.
-Sift the four, baking powder, and salt together.
-Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture.
-Continue mixing to make sure all ingredients are thoroughly blended.
-Make the dough into a ball, wrap it in cling wrap completely covering the entire dough ball.
-Put in the refrigerator for about 6 hours or overnight. Check to see if the dough is firm.
-Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
-Pull the cookie dough out of the refrigerator and sit it out to soften up a bit.
- Put flour out on the wood cutting board, rub flour on the rolling pin, and work some flour into the batter. (if needed)
-Roll the dough out on the cutting board and using the skull cookie cutter begin to make your cookies.
-Line the cookie sheet with parchment paper.
-Using a metal spatula move the cut skull cookies to the parchment lined cookie sheet.
-Bake at 325 degrees for 8 minutes. Check to see if the cookies are thoroughly baked.
-Take the skull cookies off of the cookie sheet and put on a wire rack to cool completely. (About 10 minutes).
Icing Directions:
-Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl mixing on medium speed for 4 minutes. (except your food coloring)
-If icing is not stiff enough add 1/4 C powder sugar.
- Divide the icing between 2 bowls. In the first bowl put 2/3 of icing leaving it white.
-Add several drops of black gel food coloring in the second bowl of icing (about 1/3). Stir well to mix the color.
-Spoon each color of icing into individual frosting bags with a #5 tips. Twist the open end of the bag to push the icing to the tip.
Skull cookies:
-Outline each of the skull cookies in white then fill the cookies in with the thinner white icing. *
- *Squeeze the majority of the icing into a bowl then add 1 tsp of water to this and mix it in. - -- -Leave a small amount of the icing in the frosting bag for later use on the cookies.
-Make different shapes for the eyes from circles to one circle and an egg shaped eye.
-Outline the shape of the eye first then fill it in,
-The nose is an upside down V again outline first to get the basic shape then fill in with black icing,
-The mouth is a row of teeth both top and bottom just outlined in black with a black line dividing them length wise.
-Allow the cookies to dry from 5-10 hours.