Mike Garten

Black Cat Cookies

Name: Black Cat Cookies
Yield: 1 dz.
Ingredients: Basic Sugar Cookies; Black Cocoa Cookies; Royal Icing; Vodka or other clear alcohol; Black and silver luster dust

By The Good Housekeeping Test KitchenPublished: Aug 5, 2019

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Yields:

1 dz.

Feeling superstitious? Beware: These black cat cookies are crossing in front of sugar cookie full moons.

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Ingredients

Basic Sugar Cookies
Black Cocoa Cookies
Royal Icing
Vodka or other clear alcohol
Black and silver luster dust

Directions

1. Step 1Prepare cookie doughs as directed. Use flour-coated circle cutters to cut out circles from sugar cookie dough, and use cocoa-coated cat cutters to cut out cats from black cocoa cookie dough. Bake as directed and let cool completely.
2. Step 2Use royal icing to decorate sugar cookies and attach cat cookies on top.
3. Step 3Mix a small amount of clear alcohol with silver luster dust and use a paint brush to paint small brushstrokes on the royal icing of the sugar cookies. Repeat with black luster dust to paint bats.