Description
Delightfully rich and festive Skeleton Cookies made from chocolate-flavored shortbread dough and decorated with melted white chocolate skeleton designs. Perfect for Halloween celebrations or any spooky occasion, these cookies combine a tender, crumbly texture with a fun and creative decoration.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 160g salted butter, softened
- ½ cup icing sugar
- ½ cup cornflour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup plain flour
Decoration
- 100g white chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 160°C fan bake to ensure an even and gentle baking temperature for the cookies.
- Prepare Dough Base: Cut the softened butter into cubes and place them in the bowl of a mixer. Add the icing sugar and beat for several minutes until the mixture is pale and fluffy, which helps create a light texture in the cookies.
- Incorporate Dry Ingredients: Sift the cornflour, cocoa powder, and plain flour into the butter mixture. Mix on low speed until the dough begins to come together and a cohesive ball forms.
- Chill Dough: Roll the dough into a ball, wrap it well with cling film, and refrigerate for 30 minutes. This resting period firms the dough for easier rolling and helps prevent spreading during baking.
- Roll and Cut: On a lightly floured surface, roll the chilled dough out to about 1cm thickness. If the edges look crumbly, gently press them together to smooth out. Use large or small people-shaped cookie cutters to cut out shapes from the dough.
- Bake Cookies: Carefully transfer the shaped dough onto lined baking trays. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, or until the edges start to brown but the centers remain soft to the touch.
- Cool Cookies: Move the baked cookies onto a wire rack to cool completely, which prevents the melted decoration chocolate from sliding off.
- Melt White Chocolate: While the cookies cool, melt the white chocolate carefully, ensuring it is smooth but not too runny for piping.
- Decorate: Place the melted chocolate into a snap lock bag and snip a small corner off. Pipe skeleton designs onto the cooled cookies with steady pressure to create fine details.
- Set and Store: Allow the chocolate skeletons to firm up fully before serving. Store finished cookies in an airtight container to maintain freshness.
Notes
- Chocolate-flavored shortbread cookies decorated with melted white chocolate skeletons make for a whimsical and seasonal treat.
- Ensure the cookies are fully cooled before piping to prevent melting or smudging the decoration.
- Use cookie cutters of varying sizes to create an assortment of skeleton shapes.
- Store in a cool, dry place in an airtight container for up to one week.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 168
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 75mg
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 24mg
