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Skeleton Thumbprint Cookies
These jam-filled shortbreads will put spooky smiles on everyone's faces.
👥 30 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 15m⏳ Prep: 1h👤 Beth Branch📖 countryliving
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●baking sheet
- ●wooden spoon
- ●pan
- ●oven
- ●bowl
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, 1 to ⏱️ 2 minutes. Add egg yolk and vanilla and beat until combined. Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in flour and salt until combined.
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2
Scoop dough onto prepared baking sheet (about 1 tablespoon each), spacing them 1 inch apart. Roll dough into balls and press with your palm to flatten slightly. Make nostrils in the center of each cookie with the flat end of a single-point toothpick. Use the round end of a wooden spoon to press two eye indentations into the top half of each cookie. Spoon jam into eyes, dividing evenly. Chill ⏱️ 30 minutes.
3
Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake until slightly puffed and edges are set, 14 to ⏱️ 15 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack ⏱️ 15 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
4
Stir together melted chocolate and 2 tsp black food coloring, if desired, in a bowl. Transfer to a pipping bag fitted with a small round piping tip. Pipe mouths onto cookies. Let chocolate set before serving. Store covered, at room temperature, for 2 to 3 days.
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