Halloween Sugar Cookie Recipe:
This is a wonderful activity to get the kids involved in Halloween baking. It also makes a delicious treat for the office party. Believe me when I tell you that adults turn into kids anytime you mention Halloween or cookies!
Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but not the normal frightful for Halloween, with Ghosts, Ghouls and Zombies! This weekend the East Coast got hit with a pre-Halloween snow storm, that blanketed the area with as much as 12 inches of snow! Luckily in our little pocket east of Philadelphia, we only had a dusting. Of course, we also had freezing rain, hail, sleet, and lots of rain with temperatures dropping below freezing, even if ever so briefly……sigh
The sun did come out today and we had blue skies all day long with temps in the mid-thirties. Halloween is looking clear but cold, but at least the kids will be able to trick or treat without umbrella’s and raincoats!
Our part of town has never been a big trick or treat area, not that we’re secluded, but for some reason, they just don’t make it down our street, but just in case we have candy for any who do come knocking. Lisa is not allowed to celebrate Halloween with her students at school, not even with stories of the season……how sad that some people have to ruin holidays for everyone.
So in protest of this politically driven assault on our rights, I decided to make something festive for Lisa to share with the other teachers she eats with! I saw this Cookie pizza on the cover of a Pillsbury magazine and thought it would be the perfect treat to send into school with her for Halloween. I hope her friends have as much fun eating it as I did making it!
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Halloween Sugar Cookie
Ingredients
Large Sugar Cookie
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter softened, 1 stick
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 ounce package cream cheese softened, 8-
- ½ cup smooth peanut butter
- ½ cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
Topping
- ½ cup assorted candy corn
Instructions
Large Sugar Cookie
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray a 9-10 inch round tart pan or a small pizza pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.
- In the bowl of your mixer, cream together the butter and sugars until smooth. Add in the egg and vanilla and mix until incorporated.
- Slowly incorporate the flour mixture into the creamed butter and mix until blended.
- Remove the dough from the bowl and press into the prepared pan. (use an offset spatula to spread evenly)*
- Bake until the edges just start to brown, 10 to 12 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool.
Frosting
- In the bowl of your mixer, beat the cream cheese, Peanut butter, sugar, vanilla,and salt until smooth.
- Spread evenly on the cooled crust, using an offset spatula. Leave a small edge un-iced to resemble a pizza crust.
- Top with festive candy corn and candy pumpkins or other treats of your choice.
Dionne Baldwin
What an excellent use of my favorite Halloween candy! (Ok, this is my favorite in the non-chocolate category!) I love your statement, that’s awesome. Some people do have to ruin it for everyone instead of just refraining themselves…but what can we do. We can rebel and make this cookie! I love it.
Kita
Not allowed to celebrate Halloween? Oh you would not want me near them. I’d tell them properly where to put their big sticks. 😉 This cookie pizza does look like it would calm even my random bursts of candy hanging out temper.
Amber, RD
I love dessert pizza, but have never thought to use PB frosting. Great idea! I think I will use some of my leftover Halloween candy for a topping. I’m not much of a candy corn gal!
Christine
This looks so good. I love the way you took the photos. I’d like a slice or two.
Sukanya
what a delicious and great idea to have fusion pizza, very festive and absolutely new to me. loved it.
first time here and totally in love with your blog.
Happy Halloween to you too
Angie @ Bigbearswife
I’ll take a slice!
Lacy
Umm oh my god, seriously!! This will be my fav fatty dessert, I just know it. A huge sugar cookie?! And then it’s topped with peanut butter-cream cheese forsting, droooollll!!
thoma
aw you created such a warm atmosphere with this…very un-spooky and i liked that…like the negative space in a photograph!
pea nut butter, pizza and sugar candies…now isn that a sweet combination!
Marguerite
Looks fab and that frosting is over the top! Very creative and festive, too! Glad you didn’t get any snow. 🙂
Elin
I like sweet pizza 🙂 and those candy pumpkins and corn are cute decoration for your cookie pizza and slurp for those peanut butter cream cheese frosting….Yum!
Happy When Not Hungry
Wow this looks amazing and I love that peanut butter frosting. Yum!
Elyse @The Cultural Dish
This is awesome! So cute! And that peanut butter cream cheese frosting sounds sooooooo darn good! I am definitely trying that out!
Joy
That is very cute.
Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love.
I am totally lovin’ this large sugar cookie! Happy Halloween, Chef! That is really unfortunate that this fun holiday can’t be enjoyed by everyone!
mangiabella
too fun, and festive indeed – Dennis you bring smiles to everyone who crosses your path….have a wonderful week friend
Carolyn
My kids would be forever in your debt if you made this for them. Hmmm, maybe I should steal some of their candy to make this after they’re done trick or treating!
Kath
Very festive, Dennis! I’m sure the teachers at Lisa’s school will love it!
Katrina @ In Katrina's Kitchen
This is dangerous. WHo doesn’t love the sight of a huge cookie? Add a bunch of yummy frosting and call it pizza? Yes please.
chris @ thekeenancookbook
What a fun cookie. I can’t believe how over pc schoools are these days. Glad you “protestedn 🙂