Eggless Halloween Soft Sugar Cookies Recipe Highlights
These Easy Eggless Halloween Soft Sugar Cookies are the easiest and most fun way to satisfy your sweet tooth and get in the Halloween spirit. Oh, and they also just so happen to be utterly adorable and super fun to make!
Easy to make,with the simple ingredients,rich, buttery,and totally irresistible!
So let’s unleash our Halloween inspiration! Get your children in the kitchen to bake a batch of these eggless scary cookies.
Step 2 – Cream butter & Sugar
Then cream your butter and sugar until pale in color. Make sure the butter is softened. That’s the key to making your cookies fluffy. Then add cream cheese and vanilla.
Step 1 – Mix Dry Ingredients
Mix flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
Step 3 – Add in the Dry Ingredients
Add the flour, baking powder, and salt mixture. Mix until just combined. Then add food coloring, if using, and mix until well incorporated. Do not overmix.
Step 4 – Form the Cookies
Form cookie dough into balls and roll them in Halloween sprinkles until completely covered.
Step 5 – Bake!
If desired, press 1 or 2 candy eyes into the freshly baked cookies.
Don’t overmix your cookie dough, or you will end up with dense cookies. For evenly sized cookies (better for baking), use a small spring-loaded ice cream scoop to spoon out the dough. Bake the cookies until they are JUST golden around the outside. The cookies might still look a little raw in the center, but once they cool, they will be perfect. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for just a few minutes, around 2. If you leave the cookies on the baking sheets for too long, they will continue cooking, and they will be hard.
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Gluten-Free
Use a gluten-free, all-purpose flour blend. Look for a gluten-free flour blend specifically formulated for baking, as it will have the right combination of flours and starches to mimic the texture of wheat flour. My favorite is Better Batter Original Blend. I also like Doves Farm Freee Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour, but this blend does not contain xanthan gum, so you need to add 1/4 teaspoon of xanthan gum per cup (140 g) of gluten-free flour blend.
Dairy-Free
To make this recipe dairy-free, you can easily swap out the dairy ingredients for non-dairy alternatives. Instead of regular butter, use vegan butter. There are many brands available in stores. I usually use Earth Balance Vegan Buttery Sticks or Miyoko’s Creamery Organic Vegan Butter, and Violife Just Like Cream Cheese Original.
Freeze
You can freeze this cookie dough for up to 3 months. Just roll them into balls, and freeze. When ready to use, allow to thaw overnight in the refrigerator, then bake as directed. If you want to bake the frozen cookie dough, just let them over the counter until you preheat the oven, then place the balls on a baking sheet and bake for couple extra minutes longer than the recipe directs.
Recipe Card 📖
You’ve asked, and I’ve answered! Read on for a handful of answers to the most frequently asked questions about eggless baking. This recipe was originally published on October 2020. The recipe remains the same, but more notes, tips, photos, and information have been added to the post in September 2022 with the hope of making it as helpful as possible!
