Hey, I don't know if you planned to celebrate halloween this year, but I did. It's a celebration that I love and I regret that it has lost its splendor over the years. In any case, I decided to resist and make you a few recipes by October 31st, maybe that will give you the desire to get into it too! And to start I propose these adorable Halloween mummy shortbread cookies.
It's not very complicated and you can even make them with your children during the holidays. Plus, it will make you take out the Christmas cookie cutters from now. A nice transition to the end of year festivities then.
I used my nutella shortbread recipe which I revised a bit for the occasion. Indeed, since the filling is made up of a lot of sugar, I lightened the proportions in the shortbread and added a bit of lemon. Well, I must admit that under the layer of sugar you don't feel it very much but I dare to believe that the acidity of the lemon counterbalances (a little) the taste of the sugar.
To make the little shortbread cookies, it's super simple! Mix the dry ingredients, add the softened butter, an egg and there you go... to the fridge for 20 minutes. Then take out the dough and let it come back to room temperature (about 10 minutes), spread to 2 mm thickness and cut out silhouettes with a cookie cutter. Then bake for 20 minutes at 180°C.
For the icing, I tested royal icing but I wasn't really satisfied with the result. It was a bit thick and I didn't manage to give a bandage effect (well I'm completely hopeless with royal icing, so not really a reference). So I tested with fondant and it was perfect. It's a trick to master but once you get the hang of it, it goes smoothly.
For the best result, I recommend making your bandages with very hot fondant (so very liquid). For this, I recommend leaving your bain-marie on the heat and putting the pot back on the heat for a few seconds between two cookies. To coat, just take a small spoon and make fairly quick back and forth movements to deposit the fondant. The faster you go and the thinner the bandages will be. That's how I prefer them but after all, it's up to you to find your preferred technique ^^. For the eyes, I made them with royal icing but if you find candy in the supermarket, it will be much simpler.
Once your bandages are drawn, let the cakes cool for 15-20 minutes so that the fondant sets properly and your mummy shortbread cookies are ready! Then you can use them to decorate a table or greedily dive into them. After all, it's halloween, no mercy for the enemy!
And you, did you plan to celebrate halloween this year?
