Vampire Cookies

This week, I thought I'd get you ready for October and Halloween, and share with you some super cute and very easy to make vampire cookies.

These aren't 100% homemade, I did use a cookie mix, but they were still fun to make.

Ingredients

Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix
Wilton red decorating icing
Lip shaped cookie cutter (I used Wilton's Comfort Grips "Hot Lips")
Good and Plenty (white only)


Directions

1. Mix sugar cookies according to directions for cutout cookies.
2. Roll dough until 1/4 inch thick.
3. Cut cookies with lip shaped cookie cutter and place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
4. Cook sugar cookies according to directions for cutout cookies.
5. Let cookies cool completely.
6. Coat cookies with a thin layer of red icing.
7. Using a toothpick, draw a line through the center of the red icing to separate the top and bottom lip.
8. Place two white Good and Plenty candies (the fangs) under the toothpick line.

I really got "bitten" by the baking bug while I was making these cookies, and thus the idea for a baking blog was born.

The cookies were originally inspired by the awesome '80s movie, The Lost Boys, but would be perfect for any Halloween/vampire related party. They would be especially fun for a Twilight/New Moon premier party!

I was pleasantly surprised at how well they turned out. A few got a little crispy on the bottom, but overall they turned out really well.