Halloween cookies

Orange Halloween Cookie

• Sieve the flour and add a pinch of salt.

• Beat the butter and the sugar together in a bowl to get a light creamy mixture.

• Add essence of bitter almonds.

• Add the egg and mix everything together well.

• Add the flour bit by bit.

• Knead the mixture to make it into a ball.

• Add several drops of orange food coloring.

• Knead until there is a consistent orange color throughout the dough.

• Roll out the dough onto cellophane paper.

• Place in the refrigerator for 1 hour. 
  

Chocolate Halloween cookie

• Sieve the flour with cocoa powder and a pinch of salt.

• Beat the butter and the sugar together in a bowl to get a light creamy mixture.

• Add the egg and mix it into the rest of the mixture thoroughly.

• Add the flour bit by bit.

• Knead the dough to make a ball.

• Roll the dough out onto the cellophane paper.

• Place in a refrigerator for 1 hour.

Cook the Halloween cookies

• Preheat the oven to 190ºc.

• Place down 2 sheets of baking paper.

• Sprinkle icing sugar on the table so that the dough doesn't stick to it.

• Take a quarter of the dough from the ball and leave the rest in the refrigerator whilst you work on that bit of dough.

• Spread out the dough so that it is 6mm thick.

• Cut the dough into shapes with a pastry cutter. 

• Place the cookies on the baking sheet.

• Put in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes.

• Leave them to cool for 5 minutes so they harden. 

Decorate the Halloween cookies

• Carefully decorate the cookies while they are still hot and soft.

• Cut out green leaves from the fondant for the orange cookies and stick them on using honey or condensed milk applied with a paintbrush.