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Chocolate Skeleton Gingerbread Men
Halloween Skeleton Gingerbread Men Cookies!
Cookies
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup salted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup dark corn syrup
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2/3 cup Dutch processed cocoa
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3-3 1/2 cups flour (start with 3 and if your dough seems too sticky add more)
Royal Icing
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp warm water
- 1/2 tbsp light corn syrup
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
Dough
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Using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla, and corn syrup to mixer. Mix at low speed until fully blended. Add the dry ingredients to the wet, one cup at a time with your mixer on low, until all are incorporated. Separate your dough into 3 equal balls. Roll out each ball to about a 1/4" thickness between sheets of wax paper. Then chill these "flats" of dough for at least an hour before baking. Line your baking pans with parchment paper. Use the cookie cutter to cut out the Skeleton Gingerbread Men. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-14 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
Royal Icing
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In a small bowl, combine warm water, light corn syrup, and extract. Stir until corn syrup is dissolved. Add sugar water to powdered sugar and stir until completely combined. Mixture will be thick. Add water more water if needed little by little.
