Eyeball Sugar Cookies
These spooky Eyeball Sugar Cookies are buttery, soft sugar cookies decorated with colorful royal icing to look like creepy eyeballs. Perfect for Halloween parties, bake sales, or a fun family baking project!
Ingredients
For the cookies
- 1 c sugar
- 1 c unsalted butter softened
- 1 egg
- 1 t vanilla
- 3 c flour
For the icing
- 4 c sugar divided
- 2 T meringue powder
- 2 t vanilla divided
- ½-¾ c water divided
- 2 T corn syrup
To decorate
- Black green, blue and red food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment.
- Cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla.
- Mix in flour until dough forms. Roll out to ½ inch thick.
- Cut circles with cookie cutter. Place on baking sheets.
- Bake 10–12 minutes, until edges are set. Cool completely.
- Make icing: beat 2 cups sugar, meringue powder, vanilla, and water until stiff. In another bowl, mix 2 cups sugar, corn syrup, vanilla, and water until smooth. Combine both mixtures and adjust with sugar or water until icing is smooth.
- Tint icing with food coloring (red, blue, green, black).
- Pipe white circle, then iris color, then black pupil. Add small white dot for shine.
- Let dry 24 hours before stacking.
