Halloween Sugar Cookies

More sugar cookies!  These were fun to make and decorate :)

Here's the recipe for the cookies:  

(I made the dough a couple days before and stored it in the fridge until I was ready to use it)

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups of flour

3/4 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup plus 3 tbsp of cool butter

1 cup of sugar

1 tsp almond extract

1 egg

1 egg yolk

1. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt

2. Beat the butter with the sugar and vanilla until fluffy, then beat in the egg and yolk.

3. Sift the flour mixture over the butter mixture and combine just until well combined.

4. Wrap the dough, tightly, and cool in the fridge for at least  45 minutes.

5. Cut into cookies and bake in oven for about 12 minutes (325 degrees).

For the icing...

I always add some lemon extract to this recipe as I think it helps with the taste.

When decorating it is important to let colors dry before applying new colors.  Like for the ghosts I would apple the white and let dry for a couple hours and then go back and do the eyes.  Same for the bats.  For the candy corn I let time try between each color to allow for the icing to harden.