witches' hats
Halloween witch hat-shaped cookies, decorated with colorful royal icing
Ingredients
cake flour
300 g (10 oz)
granulated sugar
200 g (7 oz)
baking powder
1/2 tsp
egg
1
salt
a pinch
vanilla extract
2 tsp
unsalted butter
115 g (4 oz)
royal icing (colored with food coloring for decoration)
to taste
Instructions
1
Preheat Preparation
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
2
Mix Dry Ingredients
Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
3
Mix Wet Ingredients
Beat butter and sugar until fluffy, then add egg and vanilla.
4
Combine and Chill
Add flour mixture and knead into dough, mix gently, divide into two portions, flatten into discs, wrap in parchment paper, and chill until firm.
5
Roll and Cut
Preheat oven to 175°C, roll dough to 3mm thick between two sheets of plastic wrap or parchment paper floured, cut with witch hat molds or plastic templates.
6
Bake
Place cookies on baking sheets, 4cm apart, bake for 8-10 minutes.
7
Decorate
Transfer baking sheets to cooling racks to cool, then decorate with royal icing.
