Halloween Skeleton Cookies - Real Recipes from Mums

Skeleton Cookies are a brilliant way to bring a little spookiness into Halloween … or any other day for that matter.

These Skeleton Cookies would actually be a load of fun to send to school for the class on a day they are learning about the human body, bones etc!

We love the base cookie recipe used to create the Skeleton Cookies – it’s such a great texture and holds its shape during baking making it perfect for any shape. Learn it by heart or double batch and keep half in the freezer for a quick cookie project instead of play doh or painting!

Anything else you’d change if you were making these skeleton cookies?

Ingredients (makes 20 cookies)

175g Plain flour
100g Chilled butter, cubed
85g Icing Sugar
1tsp Vanilla extract
1 Egg yolk
Icing sugar (for icing)
Water (for icing)
Candy hearts (decoration)

Method

Put the flour, butter, sugar, vanilla and egg yolk in a food processor. Dribble in 1 TBS water, and blitz until the mix comes together to form a dough.
Place onto a work surface, and knead briefly to bring together, then wrap in cling wrap, and chill for 20 minutes.
Once chilled, roll out on a floured surface and cut out your 'gingerbread man' shapes.
Place onto a lined baking tray, and cook in a moderate oven for approximately 12 minutes
Allow to cool completely, then make up a basic icing using icing sugar and a touch of water. You don't need alot of water at all as the icing sugar dissolves easily. Start with a small amount first and add more if needed. If you have added too much water - add more icing sugar until it resembles a paste.
Place icing into a piping bag with a small thin nozzle, and ice the 'bones' onto your skeleton. Add a tiny candy heart, and you're done!

Notes

A basic but tasty sugar cookie recipe that can be made and kept in the fridge for a day before baking

54 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 28 Jun 2023
    11:47 am
What a brilliant and fun idea

- - Ellen said
  - 09 Oct 2021
    7:08 am
Gingerbread men are always a hit here. I like to make them gf, diary free and refined sugar free.

- - mummabear said
  - 04 Nov 2020
    7:17 pm
These are too cute! I love them so much

- - tessie said
  - 01 Nov 2020
    10:45 am
Love the recipe as it can be used for any cookie shapes. Don’t think I could get my skeletons to all look the same though. Might make some with different expressions for a laugh

- - emzie2018 said
  - 01 Nov 2020
    9:37 am
Made these yesterday! So yummy and easy to make! A lovely little treat for
Halloween

- - mom101628 said
  - 29 Oct 2020
    11:44 pm
What a very clever idea – thanks for sharing your recipe – good treat for Halloween.

- - rovermum said
  - 29 Oct 2020
    10:13 am
I love these. So easy and clever.

- - mom460689 said
  - 28 Oct 2020
    8:51 pm
These are totally gorgeous. I love these for Halloween.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 28 Oct 2020
    8:51 pm
Very clever, they look great

- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 08 Nov 2019
    5:08 pm
Great idea!

- - happymum2018 said
  - 05 Nov 2019
    4:56 am
These look very cute would love to make this thanks for sharing

- - mom297125 said
  - 31 Oct 2019
    8:29 pm
Wow…..love this idea. Such creativity

- - mom152736 said
  - 31 Oct 2019
    8:18 am
Wonderful twist. Live what creativity can do. Thanks for sharing.

- - DaffyD said
  - 30 Oct 2019
    10:17 pm
Boo back these are very cool. I made something similar for work on nurses day but mine where the patients

- - mom19782016 said
  - 30 Oct 2019
    1:53 pm
What a great idea, I love this!

- - tessie said
  - 29 Oct 2019
    3:48 pm
Gingerbread men with a facelift. What a versatile recipe

- - ella12 said
  - 28 Oct 2019
    2:44 pm
They look like gingerbread men but very cute.

- - rovermum said
  - 28 Oct 2019
    12:23 pm
Cute. A little like gingerbread men with a Halloween twist but love them all the same.

- - laurafil said
  - 28 Oct 2019
    8:10 am
These look so cute, I’m sure my kids would love them!

- - ashley06 said
  - 28 Oct 2019
    12:22 am
What fun! Sure to be a favourite with the kids.