Halloween Sugar Cookies (Easy Bats & Pumpkins)

Cut-out sugar cookies shaped like bats and pumpkins, decorated with simple black-and-orange icing.

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• For icing: 2 cups powdered sugar, 2 tbsp milk, black and orange food coloring

Instructions

1. Cream the butter and sugar until light, then beat in the egg and vanilla.
2. Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt; mix into the wet ingredients.
3. Chill the dough for 30 minutes, then roll to ¼ inch thick.
4. Cut out bat and pumpkin shapes and chill again for 10 minutes on the baking sheet.
5. Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 10–12 minutes until the edges are just set.
6. Cool completely before decorating.
7. Whisk the icing ingredients and divide, tinting one batch black and one orange.
8. Outline and flood the cookies, then let the icing set before serving.