Sunday Suppers: Ogre Eye Cookies
PIN IT!Can you believe Halloween is in 3 days? Even though I’ve been crafting Halloween edibles, like bloody teeth & spooky spider snacks, for weeks, I still can’t believe it’s here already. I also still can’t believe it’s ALMOST NOVEMBER, but that’s a different story entirely. To celebrate all Hallow’s Eve and the day of ghosts, ghouls and goblins, the theme for today’s #SundaySuppers was trick or treat! And nothing says trick, treat or Halloween quick like a batch of ogre eye cookies, am I right?
And you know what makes ogre eye cookies even more fun? CHALKBOARDS! I honestly can’t tell you how absurdly happy I was drawing weird ogre mouths to put underneath these cookies. I was giggling and snorting like a 6 year old. I mean, isn’t that kind of what Halloween is all about? It gives us adults a chance to act like complete weirdos, play with our food and eat candy all night without any guilt!
I mean, I can’t even get over how much I love these, even if they turned out nothing like the original recipe they were based off. I’m really not sure who made these cookies look like that at My Recipes, but um, it’s darn near impossible. For one, any cookie batter with butter or applesauce needs to be chilled at least an hour before you handle it or else the cookies will turn out flat. Secondly, in order to handle the dough you need to flour your hands, which will then make the sprinkles less likely to stick. After one failed attempt at their method (and choice cuss words) I decided to do my own thing.
“SOMEONE CHEWED PART OF MY EYE!”
For one, I added some green food dye to the dough to make it ogrey! Then, instead of rolling them into balls, I just made them regular drop cookies. Even though they aren’t AS cute as the others, I still LOVE them. They are an absolute breeze to make and are even more fun to play with. Plus, I made these with half applesauce so they are more moist and lower in fat! Your kids (or husbands) will love these, especially if you let them draw spooky mouths with chalk!
Ogre Eye Cookies
Yields about 14 cookies. Recipe inspired by My Recipes.
Prep time: 10 minutes
Chill time: 1 hour
Cook time: 8 minutes
Ingredients:
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- Dash of salt
- Green food coloring
- Mini chocolate chips
- White icing gel
Directions:
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter, applesauce and sugar together until creamed. Add in egg yolk and vanilla, stir until fully mixed. Gradually add flour (about 1/4 cup at a time) until fully incorporated. Add green food coloring until dough is bright green. Cover mixture with foil or saran wrap and chill for at least an hour.
- Once dough has chilled, preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Scoop about 1 tablespoon of dough onto the sheets about 1 inch apart. Bake for about 8 – 10 minutes. (Cookies will be done with they spring back lightly when you touch them).
- Let cookies chill completely. Once chilled, use your white icing gel to make a large circle in the center of the cookie. Then, carefully press a mini chocolate chip in the center (to make the pupil). Then serve, play with and enjoy!
Nutritional information per cookie:
Calories: 85.25
Fat: 3.4 grams
Carbohydrates: 12.4 grams
Fiber: > 1 gram
Protein: 1.7 grams
Weight Watchers Points: 2
Be sure to check out these other haunted inspired edibles for Sunday Suppers!
Bewitching Brews
- Shrunken Heads in Cider – Girlichef
- Candy Corn Martini – The Messy Baker Blog
- Trick-or-Treat Wine Pairings for Halloween – ENOFYLZ
Ghoulish Gruel:
- Steak Bites with Bloody Mary Dipping Sauce – I Run for Wine
- Eggs in Purgatory – My Catholic Kitchen
- Mini Jack-o’-Lantern Sloppy Joe Pies – Small Wallet Big Appetite
- Baked Mummy Cheese Dogs – In the Kitchen with KP
- Meat Head – Ruffles & Truffles
- Goblin Eggs – Bobbi’s Kozy Kitchen
- Mummy Hot Dogs – Damn Delicious
- Spooky Kid Pizzas – Sustainable Dad
- Pumpkin Chili, Pumpkin Dip, & Wicken Witch’s Brew – Daddy Knows Less
- Monster Mash – Cindy’s Recipes & Writings
- Sloppy Worm Sandwiches – La Cocina de Leslie
- Gory Green Monster Eyeball Dip – Shockingly Delicious
- Marinated Mozzarella Eyeballs – Comfy Cuisine
- Deviled Eyes – Mangiamo!
- Eyeball Pinwheels – Home Cooking Memories
Spooky Sweets:
- Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Biscoff Cream – The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen
- Spooky Ogre Eye Cookies – The Realistic Nutritionist
- Jack O’ Lantern Cookies – Magnolia Days
- Spooky Good Popcorn Snack Mix – The Weekend Gourment
- White Chocolate & Coconut Dipped Strawberry Ghosts – Sue’s Nutrition Buzz
- Monster Bites – Cravings of a Lunatic
- Vegan Halloween Sugar Cookies – Hezzi-D’s Books & Cooks
- Monster Cookies – Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts
- Tunnel of Doom Cake – That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Candy-Stuffed Rice Crispy Treat Pumpkins – Chocolate Moosey
- Crispy Graham Bones – The Meltaways
- Dulce de Leche Bat Cookies – Crispy Bits & Burnt Ends
- Witch’s Fingers – Noshing with The Nolands
- Sweet Intestines with Broken Glass – The Little Ferraro Kitchen
- Graveyard Brownies – The Wimpy Vegetarian
- Boo Candy Corn & Chocolate Chip Cookies – Hip Foodie Mom
- Bleeding Devil Cakes – Momma’s Meals
- Pumpkin Halloween Munch – Big Bear’s Wife
- Halloween Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Cake Pops – Juanita’s Cocina
- Jack-O-Lantern Carrot Cake – Galactosemia in PDX
- Ghostly Chocolate Orange Tarts – Happy Baking Days
- The Wicken Bao – The Urban Mrs
- Messy Monster Cookies – MarocMama
- Bewitchingly Delicious Butterscotch Broomstick Cake Pops – Mama.Mommy.Mom.
- Halloween Popcorn Cake – Pippis in the Kitchen Again
- Witches Morning Gruel – In the Kitchen with Audrey
- White Chocolate & Dulce de Leche Ghosts – Vintage Kitchen Notes
- Peanut Butter Candy Bar Cookies – The Cookie A Day Challenge
- Monster Cookie Revel Bars – Baker Street
- Halloween Cereal Bars – Basic N Delicious
- Ossi di Morti (Bones of the Dead Cookies) – Webicurean
- Pumpkin Pie Pinwheels – Midlife Road Trip
Claire
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