Simple Halloween Cakes and Biscuits

It will be Halloween in a few weeks time. This isn’t an Australian celebration, but it is becoming more and more a part of our culture. We’ve had kids knocking on our door at Halloween for years, although until Oscar started going to Day Care I usually had no idea when it was and had to scramble for something to give them. Last year Oscar joined in the trick or treating that was organised for our street. He had a such a great time, and this year he is even more aware and asking about his costume already. To get around the food issues we made an agreement at the start. He would bring all his lollies home and we would swap every “bad” lolly for an “OK” lolly. We use the same rule for birthday parties, christmas bags, etc. and he is completely OK with it.

To get into the spirit last year we made Halloween cakes and biscuits – very simply decorated but pretty “awesome” for a five year old. I didn’t get them written up last year, so here they are now. Happy Halloween!

Simple Halloween Biscuits

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Prep time	30 minutes
Allergy / Intolerance	Amines, Artificial Addititives, Artificial Colours, Glutamates, Preservatives, Salicylates
Suitable for	Amines Challenge, RPAH Elimination Diet - Amines Allowed, RPAH Elimination Diet - Low Chemical / Failsafe, RPAH Elimination Diet - Moderate Chemical, Salicylate Challenge
Meal type	Sweet Things
Misc	Child Friendly, Pre-preparable, Serve Cold
Occasion	Halloween

Simple to make Halloween biscuits.

Ingredients

1 Batch favourite biscuit cutter dough recipe
Icing (refer to note)
Biscuit cutters (round or animal or people shapes)
Piping bag with a thin nozzle

Directions

1.	Make the biscuit dough and roll out the and cut into shapes. If using animal or people shapes, tear off small pieces to give the appearance of bites taken out.
2.	Bake the biscuits as per normal and allow to cool completely.
3.	Once the biscuits have cooled they can be iced. For round biscuits, create a spiders web effect by icing a series of circles with lines crossing between them. For people or animal shapes create lines to form skeletons over the bodies.

Note

The biscuits in the photo were made with Royal Icing which holds its shape. You can also use a basic icing made using pure icing sugar and a bit of water, but it may run a bit once piped on.

You can make these biscuits with any recipe that suits your dietary needs. If you need a recipe, here are some ideas that work well with biscuit cutters: