Skeleton Biscuits – Spooky Halloween Treats!

Why You'll Love This Recipe

• Rated 4.5 Stars by spooky bakers! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
• Perfect Halloween activity to make with kids - fun and delicious!
• Simple ingredients with amazing ghoulish results.
• Make ahead friendly - keeps for up to a week in an airtight container.

Tools You'll Need

Ingredients

For the Biscuits:

• 200g unsalted butter
• 100g caster sugar
• 265g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
• 30g cocoa powder
• 1 tsp black food colouring

For the Decoration:

• 80g icing sugar
• 1-1½ tbsp water

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Cream butter and sugar: Put the butter and sugar in a bowl and beat together with a whisk or electric beaters until smooth and fluffy.
2. Add dry ingredients: Tip in the plain flour, cocoa powder and food colouring, and mix again until a dough forms.
3. Chill dough: Chill for 30 mins – this will make the dough easier to roll out.
4. Roll out dough: Lightly flour the work surface and roll out the dough until 1cm thick.
5. Cut out shapes: Cut out the biscuits using a person-shaped cutter, and arrange on 2-3 large baking trays. Reroll the excess dough and repeat.
6. Chill cut-outs: Chill the dough cut-outs for 30 mins.
7. Bake: Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and bake for 18-21 mins, until hardening around the edges.
8. Cool completely: Leave to cool fully on wire racks.
9. Make icing: Sift the icing sugar into a bowl and gradually pour in 1-1½ tbsp water, mixing constantly, to get a thick paste.
10. Pipe skeletons: Put the icing in a piping bag, snip a little off the end to make a small hole, and pipe bone shapes and a skull onto the biscuits so they look like skeletons.
11. Set and serve: Leave to set completely before serving. Will keep for up to a week in an airtight container.

Pro Tips

• Don't skip the chilling steps! This prevents the biscuits from spreading too much while baking.
• If you don't have a piping bag, use a small plastic bag and snip off a tiny corner.
• Practice your skeleton designs on parchment paper first if you're new to piping.
• For extra spookiness, add edible glitter to the icing before piping.

Recipe Variations

• Orange skeletons: Use orange food coloring instead of black for a different spooky look.
• Glowing skeletons: Add edible glow-in-the-dark powder to the icing for party fun.
• Different shapes: Use ghost, bat, or pumpkin cutters instead of person shapes.
• Vegan version: Substitute butter with vegan margarine and use plant-based food coloring.

FAQs

Can I make these without black food coloring?
Yes! The cocoa powder will give them a dark color, but they won't be as dark. You could use extra cocoa powder for a deeper color.

What if I don't have a person-shaped cutter?
You can use any shape cutter and still pipe skeleton designs, or cut out shapes freehand with a knife.

How long do these keep for?
They will keep for up to a week in an airtight container, making them perfect for making ahead of your Halloween party!

So there you have it - the most spooktacular Skeleton Biscuits that will make your Halloween party absolutely unforgettable!  

If you try this recipe, let me know in the comments how your skeleton designs turned out.