Jack Skellington's Sandy Claws Cookies

By á-21617

Inspired by The Nightmare Before Christmas, these cookies are a tribute to the Pumpkin King of Halloweentown, Jack Skellington!

Ingredients

• 1 batch sugar cookie dough
• Red food coloring
• Flour
• White cookie icing (the type that hardens when it sets)
• Flaked coconut
• Round white candies (such as Mentos)
• Black edible food marker

Details

Servings 8
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 45mins

Preparation

Step 1

Divide the cookie dough into two equal portions. Knead red food coloring into one portion and leave the other one plain.

Working on a flour-dusted sheet of wax paper, roll out the plain dough 1/4 inch thick. Use the round cookie cutter to cut out a bunch of Jack Skellington face shapes.


Now roll out the red dough as you did the plain. Using a kitchen knife, cut out a red triangular hat shape (about 4 inches tall and 2 inches across the base) for each face.


Use the cookie cutter to cut a curved notch in the base of each hat.


Top each of the faces with a hat, draping the curved edge of the triangle over the top edge of the circle. Use your fingertips to gently press down on the overlapped dough layers (just enough to make them stick together). Then carefully fold over the top of the hat, as shown.

Use a spatula to transfer the assembled cookies to a baking sheet, and bake them according to the recipe directions. Allow the baked cookies to cool briefly on the baking sheet before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Spread white cookie icing on the face portion of each cookie. Then set the cookies aside for a few hours to let the icing harden.

Use the edible marker to draw Jack Skellington facial features on the hardened icing. For the best results, position the mouth close to the lower edge of the cookie and leave a little space above the eyes to trim the hat.

Now give each hat a "fleecy" brim by applying a line of cookie icing along the edge and pressing coconut flakes into the frosting. Lastly, stick a round white candy pompom to the tip of each hat. Once the trim icing hardens, the cookies are ready to serve.