Description
Delightfully rich and chocolatey skeleton cookies made with a tender cocoa shortbread base, finished with delicate white chocolate skeleton designs. Perfect for Halloween or any fun occasion, these cookies combine a melt-in-your-mouth texture with decorative flair.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 160g salted butter, softened
- ½ cup icing sugar
- ½ cup cornflour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup plain flour
Decoration
- 100g white chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 160°C fan bake to ensure an even and moderate baking environment for the delicate cookies.
- Prepare Butter and Sugar: Cut the softened butter into cubes and place them in the bowl of a mixer. Add the icing sugar and beat for several minutes until the mixture is pale and fluffy, indicating it’s properly aerated.
- Add Dry Ingredients: Sift together cornflour, cocoa, and plain flour, then add to the butter mixture. Mix on low speed until the dough begins to come together into a cohesive ball.
- Chill Dough: Roll the dough into a ball, wrap it tightly in cling film, and refrigerate for 30 minutes to firm up and make it easier to handle.
- Roll and Cut: Lightly flour a bench surface and roll the chilled dough out to a thickness of about 1cm. If edges appear crumbly, gently press them back together. Use large or small people-shaped cookie cutters to cut out the shapes.
- Transfer and Bake: Carefully place the cut cookies onto baking trays lined with baking paper. Bake in the preheated oven for around 15 minutes until the edges start to brown but the centers remain soft.
- Cool Cookies: Transfer baked cookies to a wire rack and allow them to cool completely to room temperature before decorating.
- Melt Chocolate: Melt the white chocolate gently until smooth but not too runny, then allow it to cool slightly to a pipeable consistency.
- Pipe Skeleton Designs: Place the melted white chocolate into a snap lock bag, snip off a small corner, and carefully pipe skeleton shapes onto each cooled cookie as desired.
- Set and Store: Allow the chocolate skeletons to firm up fully before serving. Store finished cookies in an airtight container to maintain freshness.
Notes
- These cookies are chocolate-flavored shortbread that stay soft and lightly crumbly, perfect as a base for detailed white chocolate decorations.
- Ensure the dough is well chilled before rolling to prevent cracking and aid in clean cookie cutting.
- Use a piping bag or a plastic bag with a small corner cut for precise decorating with melted chocolate.
- Store in an airtight container to keep the decorations intact and the cookies fresh.
- For a darker chocolate flavor, you can adjust the cocoa content slightly, but maintain the balance for proper texture.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 168
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 75mg
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 24mg
