Day of the Dead Cookies Story

Day of the Dead Cookies

Let your creativity flow in these festively creepy Day of the Dead cookies! This is one of those instances where more is more. So let loose and just have fun with it.

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INGREDIENTS

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I’ve shared my recipe for cookies decorated with royal icing and it’s the same one that I used for these Day of the Dead cookies.

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I used a skull cookie cutter and then flooded the cookies with white icing.

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While that layer dried, I got busy tinting the remaining icing red, blue, yellow, pink, green, purple and black.

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I gave them big black eyes and a rose crown and then just starting piping a bunch of dots and squiggles.

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swipe up now to read more

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Chocolate Meringue Cookies

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