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Dessert for 18

Halloween Sugar Cookies

$1.17for 462 minServes 18

Soft sugar cookies are colored, sprinkled, and baked until lightly golden for a festive Halloween dessert.

Halloween Sugar Cookies

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What it costs

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IngredientAmountCost
Butter, 8 oz$0.40/oz typical8 oz$3.20Typical price
Eggs, 2$0.30 each typical2$0.60Typical price
Total for the servings shown$5.27

Swaps

  • Swap butter for margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices

Pantry staples you likely have

Sugar and brown sugarCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaBaking powder and sodaFlour

Not included in the cost.

  • 62 minstart to table
  • Mediumdifficulty
  • 18servings as written
  • $typical cost tier

AmericanVegetarianKid-friendlyBudgetDessertsHoliday

Typical price

$0.29 per serving$1.17 for 4

Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/3 cups cake flour
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • food coloring
  • halloween themed sprinkles

Steps

  1. Heat the oven to 350 F and line two baking sheets with parchment.
  2. Beat the butter and 1 1/3 cups sugar in a large bowl until creamy, then beat in the eggs and vanilla.
  3. Whisk the baking powder, baking soda, salt, cake flour, and all-purpose flour in another bowl, then mix them into the butter mixture.
  4. Divide the dough, tint portions with food coloring, and chill it for 20 minutes.
  5. Shape the dough into 1 1/2-inch balls, place them 2 inches apart on the sheets, and press sprinkles on top.
  6. Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes, then cool them on the sheets for 10 minutes.

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