Ingredients

The following ingredients have 36 Servings
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2.5 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3-4 tubes Gel Food Coloring (favorite Halloween colors)
  • candy eyeballs, various sizes

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper
  • Start by creaming together the sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl. Add in the egg and egg yolks one at a time and beat into the mixture before adding the next one.
  • Mix in the vanilla and salt
  • In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and then slowly incorporate into your sugar batter.
  • Chill your cookie dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Once chilled, separate batter into three or four batches and add in a dollop of food coloring to each batch.. beat until well mixed.
  • Spoon or scoop into 1 inch balls and place them on your cookie sheet - do no flatten!
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately gently press candy eyeballs onto the cookies while they are still warm .. let cookies sit on the cookie sheet for 1 minute before moving the cookies to a wire rack
  • Let cool and enjoy!!