Smarties Halloween gingerbread cookies
By:
stayathomemom
Prep:
20 mins
Cook:
10 mins
350g plain flour
1tsp bicarbonate soda
2tsp ground ginger
100g butter
175g brown sugar
4tbsp golden syrup
1 beaten egg
5 tubes of Smarties
270g icing sugar
Water
Food colouring (red)
Writing icing (red and black)
Sift the plain flour, mix 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda & 2 tsp ground ginger together.
Rub in 100g of butter, then add 175g brown sugar, 4tbsp golden syrup and 1 beaten egg.
Mix to form a soft dough. Roll out and stamp out your ghosts and bats. Use remaining dough to shape a pumpkin. (I used the end of a ghost to fashion a stalk.)
Place on a greased baking sheet and bake at Fan180ºC/Gas Mark 5 for 10-12mins. Leave to cool before icing.
To make the icing simply mix the icing sugar with 4 tablespoons of warm water, halfed the mixture and added a little red food colouring to one for my bats. Spread on each cookie.
Decorate with Smarties and writing icing!
Preparation Time
20 minutes
Cooking Time
10 minutes
Main ingredients
Chocolate
Recipe Type
Cakes & Baking, Easy, Entertaining
Level of Difficulty
Easy
