BLOOD SPLATTER COOKIES

How many times have you all heard me preach about doing things the easy way? Too many to count, right?

Well, here's another one of those times.... I just love simple ideas that really have a big WOW factor. Like these amazing Blood Splatter Cookies! They look devilishly delish, and couldn't be more simple to make!

Start out with your favorite sugar cookie recipe (fear not, if you don't have one, The Queen is always here to help) some homemade icing, and red food coloring. Or you could go even easier, and buy iced sugar cookies, and just add the blood splatter.... whatever works best for you.

If you don't have your own.... here's my favorite sugar cookie and icing recipes:

Sugar Cookie Ingredients (Recipe makes 2 dozen large cookies)      

Makes servings USMetricAdjust Recipe (Help)

1 cup butter (softened)                                                   

1 cup white sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 cup heavy whipping cream

 

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Cookie Directions

1. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Sift together the flour and baking powder, stir into the creamed mixture alternately with the heavy cream. Cover dough, and chill for 2 to 3 hours, until firm.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease cookie sheets.
3. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into shapes with a round cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on the prepared cookie sheets.
4. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes in the preheated oven, until bottoms and edges of cookies are light brown. Remove from baking sheet and cool on wire racks.

Icing Ingredients (Recipe makes white icing for 2 dozen large cookies)   

2 cups confectioners' sugar                                             

4 teaspoons milk                                                    

4 teaspoons light corn syrup

Several drops of red food coloring

Icing Directions

1. In a small bowl, stir together confectioners' sugar and milk until smooth. Beat in corn syrup and almond extract until icing is smooth and glossy. If icing is too thick, add more corn syrup.
2. Measure out about a 2/3 cup of the icing to use for the blood splatter. Keep adding a few drops of red food coloring, mixing well, until you get the desired red color you want. Set aside.
3. Dip cookies, (or paint them with a brush)in the white icing. Place on cookie rack. Let set for about 20 minutes.
4. Once the icing has hardened, take a paint brush and dip into the red icing. Drip icing over top of cookies, making splatters, lines, and drips.
5. Let set for another 20 minutes, until icing has hardened. Store in an airtight container.

These little devilish delights are so fab-boo-lous, they'd surely get the Dexter seal of approval!