Jack Skellington Sugar Cookies

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. 2
   Cover two cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside
3. 3
   Place the butter and sugar in a large bowl and beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
4. 4
   Add the egg and vanilla extract, and beat to incorporate, about 2 minutes.
5. 5
   In a small separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.
6. 6
   Add half of the flour mixture to the sugar-butter mixture, combine, and then add the remaining half.
7. 7
   Lightly flour a cutting board and knead the cookie dough a couple of times
8. 8
   Roll out the dough to about 1/2 inch thick.
9. 9
   Cut out your circles, re-rolling out the dough as needed, and place onto the prepared cookie sheets.
10. 10
    Bake for 8-12 minutes or until lightly golden brown at the edges.
11. 11
    Let cookies cool completely.
12. 12
    Using the standing mixer, combine the egg whites, cream of tarter, vanilla and powdered icing sugar and mix until stiff peaks form
13. 13
    Scoop 1 cup of the royal icing into a small bowl and mix in a few drops of black gel coloring, until you achieve the color you desire.
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    Scoop 1 cup of the white icing into a piping bag fit with a number 2 Wilton tip, and repeat with the black icing. Set aside.
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    Add in a few tablespoons of water into the remaining white icing and mix until combined to make a "looser" or "thinner" frosting.
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    Pour this white icing into the squeeze bottle.
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    Using the white piping bag with the thicker frosting, pipe an outline around the cookies. (This will serve as a barrier to keep in the thinner white frosting.)
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    Fill in with the thinner white icing
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    Let cookies dry overnight, or until the thin icing is completely set/dry.
20. 20
    Using the black piping bag, pipe the detail of Jack Skellington's eyes onto the cookie and fill in. You can use our template to make impressions by going over the template with a skewer, or cut out the facial shapes to trace with an edible food pen.
21. 21
    Pipe a line for a smile onto the bottom part of the cookie
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    Pipe small lines for stitching onto the line for the smile
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    Let cookies dry for an hour before enjoying.