Frosted Cookies Halloween Ghosts

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   For the cookies:

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   Cream the unsalted butter.

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   Add granulated sugar, vanilla extract and egg to the butter and mix well.

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   Add cake flour in several batches, stirring well after each addition, then knead by hand.

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   Divide the kneaded cookie dough into 5 to 6 pieces.

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   Chill the dough for at least an hour in the refrigerator.

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   Roll the dough out about 5mm thick, and cut out with a cookie cutter.

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   Rolling the cookie dough out thinly will make the cookies easier to ice and better looking.

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   Bake in a 340F/170C oven for about 10 minutes.

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    For the icing:

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    Mix the dried egg white powder and water and let sit for 30 minutes.

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    In the meantime, sift the powdered sugar.

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    Add the sifted powdered sugar to the egg white liquid, and mix until shiny.

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    Put the icing in a piping bag, and draw an outline around the edges of each cookie.

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    Make the icing outlines really really thin.

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    Wait until the outlines have totally dried.

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    Add water to the remaining icing to soften.

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    Pipe in the softened icing inside the outlines to fill them in.

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    Wait until the icing has dried thoroughly.

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    Mix the black food coloring in the icing.

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    Add a tiny bit of water to the icing, so that's it's a consistency that's easy to draw with.

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    Draw the faces on, with the piping bag held perpendicular to the cookie surface.

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    Apply the decorations:

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    Stick on the decorations before the icing dries.

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    Here's how the cookies look.

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    A close up view.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.