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Spooky Skeleton Cookies

Paula Jones
Updated Aug 10, 2023
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No bones about it, these chocolaty charmers will be a hit at your Halloween gathering. Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix provides a quick shortcut for getting started.

Spooky Skeleton Cookies

  • Prep Time 40 min
  • Total 60 min
  • Servings 16
  • Ingredients 6
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Ingredients

Cookies

Royal Icing

  • 1 tablespoon meringue powder
  • 2 tablespoons cold water
  • 1 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 375°F.
  • Step 
    2
    In medium bowl, stir together cookie mix, flour and cocoa. Add butter and egg; stir until soft dough forms. On work surface sprinkled with flour, roll dough 1/4 inch thick. Cut with 4-inch gingerbread cookie cutter. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack to cool completely.
  • Step 
    4
    In medium bowl, beat meringue powder and cold water with electric mixer on medium speed until peaks form. Gradually beat in powdered sugar about 1 minute or until soft peaks form. Place in 12-inch piping bag fitted with #3 tip. Pipe skeleton design on cookies. Let sit about 5 minutes or until icing is set.

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