Mummified Sugar Cookies
Oh I love holiday posts, and I’m lucky that I’m in Sydney so I feel like I have more time to post my holiday baking because even if it’s now the 1st of November here, it’s still Halloween in the US! So bookmark this for next year, guys, because these are so good, you’s want to individually wrap them for trick or treat!
When you make these you’ll need your gingerbread man cutout. I like getting multi uses out of cookie cutters, to get the most out of my tools, and so I try to come up with creative things to use them for. Besides, Christmas is just around the corner, and it’s good to get these cutters out now.
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I was inspired to make these cookies because I was looking at Halloween movies to watch and saw The Mummy series, and remembered how we used to love the original version as kids. We found Brandon Fraser so funny, too bad they stuffed up the remake.
The Mummy isn’t a horror movie though, so I quickly passed it and settled on Insidious: The Final Key. Now this one, it’s definitely spine tingling. Or at least for screwy-cats like me. I have a love-hate relationship with horror movies, I’m the person who will shriek in the cinema and cover her eyes half the time. How about you? Do you like horror movies? Which ones do you like best?
I get a lot of questions about stand mixers, and these are my recommendations. It comes with a caveat though, I only recommend you get one if you bake a lot because they are not cheap. Otherwise, a hand mixer is the more practical option.
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Again, bookmark this for next year, and also get your Gingerbread man cutouts ready for Christmas! Because I have plenty of treat recipe coming your way. Happy Halloween! Don’t get spooked!
Mummified Sugar Cookies
Makes 18-20 cookies
Prep Time: 20 mins
Chill Time: 1 hour
Bake time: 12-15 minutes
Ingredients
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For the sugar cookies:
- For the ganache:
Instructions
- Start by making the ganache for mummy wrapping. Place white chocolate, cream, and butter in a medium microwaveable bowl and melt together for 30 second increments. Stir after each 30 seconds so as to prevent the chocolate from seizing. Set aside to cool down.
- Make the cookie dough: In the bowl of your stand mixer, cream butter & sugar together on high until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, sift together dry ingredients.
- Add egg and vanilla, turn mixer down then add milk. Gradually spoon the dry ingredients into the batter. Divide into 2 and flatten into discs to make rolling easier later. Cover the dough and chill for at least 1 hour or up to 1 day.
- Preheat oven to 170C. Sprinkle flour on your work bench then roll dough out to 3-5mm thickness. Using a gingerbread man cut out, cut out 18-20 cookies. Save the trimmings then roll them altogether so the dough doesn't get too floury.
- Place cookie on a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake for 12-15 minutes or until the sides are light brown and cookie feels set on top but still soft. Cool down for 10 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack to cool down completely.
- To assemble: Place the ganache in a piping bag. Pipe the ganache on the cookie to make it look like mummy wrapping. Then using your black writing gel, dot the eyes/eye of the mummies. Leave to set in the fridge for 1 hour then serve.
