Spooky Cookies

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I have a love/hate relationship with decorating cookies. Sometimes no matter what I do they just will not turn out perfect. Being a perfectionist is a pain. But how can I resist Halloween cookies.

  This is my sample batch.

Baking the cookies is pretty easy. After trying out different recipes I tend to go with the no-fail sugar cookie recipe I found on a baking forum. I am such a nerd. 

I have a ton of cookie cutters but for some reason I do not have a square or rectangle one. This is why my Franken-cookies are never the same shape.

The icing is a royal glaze from Sweet P's. Last time I made this I remembered to add enough water to make it where you can flood the icing to give it a smooth, clean appearance. Not this time.

I realized this too late so these cookies have a bit more texture than I wanted. Also I have the smallest sifter in the world and sifting a 2 pound bag of powdered sugar takes time, lots of time. When means I was ready to just get to decorating without taking the icing out of the bags and remixing them.

Even being a perfectionist has its limits

The spider web cookies are my favorite to decorate. I really do not know what they will look like until I finish swirling the icing with a toothpick. Yet every time they come out as the best ones.

Details!

I love making Halloween designs. They can be creepy or they can be cute. I went with cute this time. Happy jack-o-lanterns, grinning skeletons and slightly perturbed Franks.

I only regret the mummies. They went really wrong