Bat Sugar Cookies Recipe
Adorable bat sugar cookies to make with the kids for Halloween.
Servings: 48 cookies
Calories: 136kcal
Equipment
- Stand Mixer
- Fondant Roller
- Parchment Paper
- Baking Sheet
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup butter room temperature
- 3 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp Greek Yogurt
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ tsp almond extract
- 2 egg
- 3 ½ cup flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- White Fondant
- Black Food Coloring
- Wilton Blood Red Sparkle Gel
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉.
- Using electric mixer, cream butter and sugar together for a few minutes at medium speed using paddle.1 ½ cup butter, 3 cup sugar
- Add Greek yogurt, vanilla extract, and almond extract to butter and sugar mixture in mixer (you can use a hand mixer, but I recommend the Cuisinart mixer). Cream together for 1 to 2 minutes at medium speed.2 tbsp Greek Yogurt, 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract, 1 ½ tsp almond extract
- Add eggs to mixture and beat together for about 3 minutes.2 egg
- Combine dry ingredients in medium mixing bowl: flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.3 ½ cup flour, 1 ½ tsp baking soda, 1 ½ tsp baking powder, ½ tsp salt
- Slowly add dry mixture to mixer on low speed until all ingredients are evenly combined.
- Scoop mixture into medium mixing bowl. Seal and place in refrigerator overnight.
- Remove from refrigerator. Scoop out one fist-sized ball at a time and place onto parchment paper. Knead with hands. Sprinkle flour onto rolling pin and dough as needed to avoid sticking. Use rolling pin to flatten dough evenly.
- Using the bat fondant/cookie cutter press, begin to cut each shape into the dough as many times as possible. Do NOT press down on spring button.
- Place all of the bat cookies onto baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees F for 5 minutes per batch.
- Remove from oven. Let cool for approximately 5 minutes.
- Knead white fondant in hands for a few minutes.White Fondant
- Add a few toothpick dabs of black icing color. Knead fondant with your hands until color is completely blended.Black Food Coloring
- Use fondant roller or regular rolling pin to flatten into a thin layer.
- Using the bat fondant/cookie cutter presses, begin to cut as many bats as possible from the fondant. Be sure to press down on the spring button when cutting each shape, this will create 3-dimensional detailing and indentations for your bats.
- Using the blood red sparkle gel, fill the eye indentations with red dots. Add fondant bat cutouts to each cookie and press down gently to secure.Wilton Blood Red Sparkle Gel
- Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 136kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 107mg | Potassium: 28mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 187IU | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 0.5mg