Black Bat Cookies
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Difficulty:
moderate
Difficulty
Preparation:
55 min.
Preparation
ready in 1 hr 25 min.
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Healthy, because
Even smarter
An extremely important element of a healthy diet is moderation. These are a delightful thing to treat yourself with, especially on a holiday. They are high in calories, fat, and sugar, but they still contain energizing carbs.
Let your kids decorate these with you for a fun, Halloween activity!
Author of this recipe:
EAT-SMARTER
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Ingredients
for
18
- For the cookies
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1 tsp Ginger powder
- ½ tsp Mixed spice
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 0.333 cup Golden syrup
- 1 Tbsp milk
- To decorate
- 2 cups powdered sugar (see note)
- black Food coloring
- yellow and red writing icing
How healthy are the main ingredients?
salt
Product recommendation
If you can't obtain royal icing sugar use the following: 3.5 cups icing (confectioners') sugar 5 tbsp meringue powder 1/2 tsp cream of tartar 3 tbsp water Mix together all the ingredients and beat well. Add more water until smooth and thick. Continue to beat until stiff.
Preparation steps
1.
For the cookies: sift the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl.
2.
Put the butter, sugar and syrup in a pan and heat gently, stirring, until melted. Allow to cool for 5 minutes.
3.
Pour into the dry ingredients with the milk and mix well. Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
4.
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a large baking tray with non-stick baking paper.
5.
Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface. Cut out bat shapes using cookie cutters or a card template.
6.
Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden. Cool on the baking tray for a few minutes, then place on a wire rack to cool completely.
7.
To decorate: make up the icing according to the packet instructions or see the note. Add black food colouring and stir well.
8.
Put about 1/3 of the icing into a piping bag and pipe around the outline of the biscuits.
9.
Thin the remaining icing with a little water and spread inside the piped outlines. Leave to set.
10.
Add features with the writing icings, as in the photo and leave to set.
