Monster eyeball cookies
These Eyeball Cookies are soft, thick, and perfect for Halloween decorating. Made with low-fat butter and Swerve for a low calorie twist, they have a tender texture and just the right sweetness. Topped with glossy, colored icing that stays soft to the bite, they’re spooky, fun, and totally delicious.
Equipment
- Stand mixer with paddle and whisk attachments
- Mixing Bowls
- Rolling Pin
- Round cookie cutter
- Spatula
- Parchment paper
- Baking Sheets
- Wire cooling rack
- Piping bags
- Scissors
Ingredients
For the cookies
- 1 cup swerve
- 1 cup low fat butter softened
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cup flour
For the icing
- 4 cup swerve divided
- 2 Tablespoons meringue powder
- 2 teaspoon vanilla divided
- ½-¾ cup water divided
- 2 Tablespoons corn syrup
To decorate
- Black green, blue and red food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line your baking sheets with parchment and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the sugar and butter. Cream until smooth.
- Add in the vanilla and egg. Mix well.
- Switch the mixer attachment to the paddle and add in the flour. Mix until the dough balls
- together and pulls away from the sides of the bowl. If your mixer is struggling, you can
- knead the dough by hand.
- Using a lightly floured work surface, roll the cookie dough out until it’s about 1⁄2 - 5⁄8 of an
- inch thick. Using a round cookie cutter, cut out cookie dough. Save and reroll the scrapes
- until the dough is too small to continue.
- Carefully transfer your cut out dough to the parchment lined baking sheets. Bake in the
- preheated oven for 10-12 minutes. Watch closely - over baking will cause hard cookies.
- Cookies are done when the edges are set and the center is no longer shiny.
- Allow to cool before decorating.
- For the soft-bite icing - In the bowl of the stand mixer, combine the 2 c powdered sugar,
- meringue powder and 1 t vanilla. Using the paddle attachment, mix on low speed for
- about 30 seconds. Add in 3 teaspoons worth of water as the mixer is going. Allow to
- mix until combined. Increase the speed to medium for another 2-3 minutes. The icing
- will be very stiff. Transfer to another bowl and cover with a damp paper towel.
- Using the same mixing bowl, combine the other 2 cups of powdered sugar, corn syrup, 2
- tablespoons of water and the other teaspoon of vanilla. Mix on low speed until combined
- with the whisk attachment.
- Combine the two icing mixtures into one bowl and whisk until smooth. Add in additional
- water if needed to thin the mixture. Using a spatula, scoop a bit of icing up and allow it
- to drop back into the bowl. The icing should re-incorporate back into itself and settle
- within about a 12-15 second count. Too thin of icing will need a bit more powder sugar
- and too thick of icing will need another dash of water. Continue to test if needed until
- desired consistency is achieved. Thin icing spreads nicely but can run over the edges of
- the cookie.
- Transfer half of the white icing to a piping bag.
- Transfer the rest of the icing to four separate bowls and tint each with the black, red, blue
- and green food coloring.
- Transfer the tinted icing to piping bags.
- When ready to decorate, snip a tiny bit off the tip of the piping bag. You can always cut
- the hole bigger if the icing is not flowing as quickly as you’d like.
- Starting with the white icing, pipe a large donut shape, leaving the center empty.
- Pipe another round of a colored icing for the iris of the eye - blue, red or green.
- Immediately pipe the black in the center of the eyeball.
- Immediately pipe two small white dots for the reflection off the eye in the corner of the
- pupil and iris.
- Repeat with the remaining cookies.
Disclaimer:
Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.
Nutrition
Calories: 47kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 8gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.03gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gTrans Fat: 0.001gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 26mgPotassium: 175mgFiber: 0.002gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 34IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 38mgIron: 1mg
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