Halloween Sugar Cookies

These Halloween sugar cookies are soft, buttery, and bursting with spooky color — swirled with bright orange, neon green, and purple dough, with sprinkles!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword halloween recipes

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 12

Refrigeration Time 30

Total Time 1 2

Servings -20 regular cookies (10-12 large cookies)

Calories 234kcal

Author Kathleen

Ingredients

1 cup butter 2 sticks
1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/3 cups cake flour
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
food coloring orange, neon green, and purple
Halloween themed sprinkles

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Instructions

Prepare cookie sheets with parchment paper.
In a large bowl with a hand mixer, or a stand mixer, add butter (1 cup) and cream to soften for about a minute. Add the granulated sugar (1 1/3 cups) and cream both together for about 2 more minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, and completely incorporate one before adding the next one. Add the vanilla (2 teaspoons) and mix everything together.
In a medium bowl, add cake flour (1 1/3 cups), all-purpose flour (1 3/4 cups), baking powder (1 teaspoon), baking soda (1/2 teaspoon), and salt (1/2 teaspoon). Whisk everything together.
Add the flour mixture to butter mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until just completely mixed. Separate the batter into 3 bowls. Add each food coloring to each bowl and just mix until incorporated.
With a cookie scoop, take a little bit of each color to fill the scoop. Roll the colors together and press them down a little into a disc shape.
Pour your sprinkles together in a shallow bowl. Roll the cookie disc sides through the sprinkles and press the top of the cookie into the sprinkles to coat. Place each coated cookie disc onto the cookie sheet.
Allow cookie batters to chill for at least 30 minutes. Preheat your oven to 375ºF (190ºC) about 10 minutes prior to baking cookies.
Bake cookies for about 10-12 minutes for regular-sized cookies until set in the center. Remove from the oven, add more sprinkles if you’d like a fuller look. Allow cookies to cool. Enjoy!!

Notes

Use gel coloring for the brightest hues without thinning your dough.
Scoop evenly: A cookie scoop ensures even baking and picture-perfect rounds.
Cool completely before storing so the sprinkles stay crisp.
Batch variation: For jumbo cookies, increase bake time slightly to 12–14 minutes.

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