Little Chocolate Skeleton Men Cookies

Little Chocolate Skeleton Men Cookies might be a good recipe to expand your hor d'oeuvre recipe box. For 13 cents per serving, this recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 132 calories, 1g of protein, and 6g of fat. This recipe serves 36. Halloween will be even more special with this recipe. Several people made this recipe, and 125 would say it hit the spot. Head to the store and pick up unsalted butter, brown sugar, milk, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours and 8 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. It is brought to you by Sugar Dish Me. Overall, this recipe earns an improvable spoonacular score of 7%. Similar recipes are Chocolate Skeleton Cookies, Real Men Cook: Raspberry Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Real Men Cook: Mint Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Servings: 36

Preparation duration: 120 minutes

Cooking duration: 8 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon baking powder

½ cup packed brown sugar

1 egg

2¾ cups flour

1 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon instant espresso powder (optional)

2 tablespoons milk

1 cup powdered sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter

½ cup dark unsweetened cocoa powder

1 teaspoon vanilla

Equipment:

whisk

bowl

baking paper

baking sheet

plastic wrap

oven

cookie cutter

wire rack

Cooking instruction summary:

Cream the butter and sugars in a large bowl. Beat in the egg, vanilla, and instant espresso powder.In another large bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt.Add the dry ingredients to the wet and beat until dough forms; it will take a few minutes. Form the dough into two balls or logs, wrap tightly with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 1-2 hours.Pre-heat the oven to 375F. Grease a baking sheet or line with parchment paper.Roll the dough out to and cut out using a boy gingerbread cookie cutter. Line them up on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 7-8 minutes (7 for a softer cookie, 8 for one that's more crisp). Let them cool for a minute or two on the cookie sheet before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.When the cookies have cooled, whisk together the powdered sugar and milk. Scrape the frosting into a quart-sized Ziploc bag, seal it, and cut a tiny corner off. Use this to pipe the skeleton pattern onto your cookies. I always start with the head. Let the frosting set completely before storing.

 

Step by step:


1. Cream the butter and sugars in a large bowl. Beat in the egg, vanilla, and instant espresso powder.In another large bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt.

2. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and beat until dough forms; it will take a few minutes. Form the dough into two balls or logs, wrap tightly with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 1-2 hours.Pre-heat the oven to 375F. Grease a baking sheet or line with parchment paper.

3. Roll the dough out to and cut out using a boy gingerbread cookie cutter. Line them up on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 7-8 minutes (7 for a softer cookie, 8 for one that's more crisp).

4. Let them cool for a minute or two on the cookie sheet before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.When the cookies have cooled, whisk together the powdered sugar and milk. Scrape the frosting into a quart-sized Ziploc bag, seal it, and cut a tiny corner off. Use this to pipe the skeleton pattern onto your cookies. I always start with the head.

5. Let the frosting set completely before storing.


Nutrition Information:

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131k Calories
1g Protein
5g Total Fat
20g Carbs
0% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
131k
7%

Fat
5g
8%

  Saturated Fat
3g
21%

Carbohydrates
20g
7%

  Sugar
11g
13%

Cholesterol
18mg
6%

Sodium
68mg
3%

Caffeine
3mg
1%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
1g
3%

Manganese
0.12mg
6%

Selenium
3µg
6%

Vitamin B1
0.08mg
5%

Folate
18µg
5%

Iron
0.67mg
4%

Vitamin B2
0.06mg
4%

Vitamin A
165IU
3%

Copper
0.06mg
3%

Phosphorus
31mg
3%

Vitamin B3
0.61mg
3%

Fiber
0.66g
3%

Magnesium
8mg
2%

Potassium
49mg
1%

Calcium
13mg
1%

Zinc
0.18mg
1%

Vitamin E
0.17mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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