Sally’s Sugar Cookies

Sally’s sugar cookies are for all the Nightmare Before Christmas fans out there, colorful and stitched up inspired by Sally!

This post and recipe was created for #HalloweenTreatsWeek! I was sent samples by some of the sponsor companies but as always opinions are 100% mine. This recipe is for adults 21 and older and does contain alcohol.

The 90 degree weather finally broke just in time to prepare for Halloween! I dug out my Halloween decorations this weekend and already want to go out and buy more. Not that we own a house I feel more compelled to because those decorations will for sure have a designated spot for the foreseeable future. Especially since while putting up lights on the front porch we spied our neighbors doing the same and waged neighborly war. Gah, I just love our neighborhood!

With Halloween obviously comes all kinds of treats. I am kicking things off with cookies inspired by our favorite Halloween movie (but some may argue it is a Christmas movie), Nightmare Before Christmas. We even have the soundtrack of artists doing covers of the original songs from the movie. Since one of my favorite artists, Fiona Apple, redid Sally’s Song I was inspired to make these cookies. They are just my chewy sugar cookies dyed to look like Sally’s dress complete with stitches made of black icing. They are a great paired with a Nightmare Before Christmas wreath veggie tray, too!

In this recipe I used sponsored products such as granulated sugar from Dixie Crystals, vanilla extract and natural food coloring from Adams Extract, black decorating icing from Wilton, and goodie bags to hand them out from Sweets and Treats Shop. Scroll down for the list of other spooky treats kicking off #HalloweenTreatsWeek today and at the end of this post is the giveaway info and entry!

Check out the amazing #HalloweenTreatsWeek recipes from our bloggers today!

• Chocolate Candy Witch Cauldrons from Big Bear’s Wife
• Candy Corn Fudge from Fake Ginger
• Candy Corn Layer Cake from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
• Candy Corn Cookie Bars from 4 Sons R Us
• Halloween Potato Eyes from Pastry Chef Online
• Monster Munch Chex Party Mix from I am a Honey Bee
• Gluten Free Chocolate Monster Cookies from Frugal & Fit
• Caramel Sprinkle Baked Donuts from Cookaholic Wife
• Ghostly Popcorn Balls from Our Good Life
• Hocus Pocus Spell Book Brownies from Cheese Curd In Paradise
• Mummy Cake Pops from Jen Around the World
• Zombie Chocolate Donuts from Kelly Lynn’s Sweets and Treats
• Black Cauldron Bubbly Cupcakes from Daily Dish Recipes
• Boolicious Caramel Chocolate Covered Fruit from Everyday Eileen
• Jack-o-Lantern Candy Bark from Sweet Beginnings
• Caramel Apple Blossoms from For the Love of Food
• Monster Marshmallows from Shockingly Delicious
• Halloween Muddy Buddies from Back To My Southern Roots
• Mummy Crinkle Cookies from Creative Southern Home
• Sally’s Sugar Cookies from The Spiffy Cookie
• Eyeball Thumbprint Cookies from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
• Eye of Newt Halloween Wands from Who Needs A Cape?
• Halloween Brownie Pudding Parfait from Desserts Required
• Halloween No Bake Cheesecake from Lemon Blossoms
• Halloween Dipped Ice Cream Cones from West Via Midwest
• Pumpkin Soup with Savory Spices and Roasted Pumpkin Seeds from Nancie’s Table
• Halloween Stuffed Chocolate Whoopie Pies from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
• Death by Chocolate Dessert Ball from Strawberry Blondie Kitchen
• Jack o Lantern Bundt Cake from The Redhead Baker
• Frankenstein Cupcake Cake from Jonesin’ For Taste
• Chocolate Truffle Pumpkin Spider Cake from Sweet ReciPEAs
• Spooky Sprinkled Brownies from The Beard and The Baker
• Halloween Candy Charcuterie Board from Pint Sized Baker
• Halloween Monster Buttermilk Pancakes from Katie’s Cucina
• Sugar Skull Layer Cake from Love and Confections
• Mummy Meringue Pops from My Sweet Zepol
• Halloween Hidden Bat Loaf Cat from Savory Moments
• Vegan Halloween Cookies & Cream Fault Line Cake from The Baking Fairy
• Halloween Corn Chip Dessert Bars from Intelligent Domestications
• Oogie Boogie Meringue Cupcakes from A Blender Mom
• Smores Ghost Brownies from Books n’ Cooks

Two years ago: Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Blondie Bricks

Three years ago: October 2016 Stitch Fix #18

Four years ago: Cocoa Candied Bacon

Five years ago: Prosciutto-Wrapped Chicken with Balsamic Date Sauce

Six years ago: Apple Cinnamon Pretzels

Eight years ago: Basil Butter

SALLY’S SUGAR COOKIES

Makes approximately 3 dozen

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour

1-1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled to almost room temperature

1-1/2 cups Dixie Crystals pure cane sugar

1 egg, room temperature

1 Tbsp milk

1 tsp Adams Extract pure vanilla extract

Adams Extract natural food coloring

Wilton black decorating icing

Directions:

1. In a medium bowl, Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until creamy, about 3 minutes. Add egg, milk, and vanilla and beat until combined. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing until just combined.
3. Divide evenly into fourths. Add pink, purple, blue, and yellow food coloring, mixing just until evenly distributed. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or overnight.
4. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
5. Roll 1 teaspoon of each color dough into balls. Place on prepared cookie sheets, about 2 inches apart.
6. Bake 8 minutes, or until edges of cookies are just starting to brown and centers are set. Let cool on sheets for 5-10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
7. Once cooled, draw “stitches” using black icing.

Source: Adapted slightly from my Chewy Sugar Cookies.

Happy Halloween! It’s October which means it’s time for Spooky Season and this year’s #HalloweenTreatsWeek event! #HalloweenTreatsWeek is hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife & its a creepy and haunting week-long event is filled with some amazingly wicked Halloween treats, recipes and some frightfully fun giveaways.

“When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers ‘tis near Halloween.”

For the 2nd annual #HalloweenTreatsWeek event we have 41 fantastically talented bloggers that are sharing their favorite Halloween recipes throughout the week! There are going to be over 160 Halloween themed recipes shared during this year’s #HalloweenTreatsWeek and we can’t wait for you to see them all! Follow the hashtag #HalloweenTreatsWeek on social media and look at the bottom of each post to see all of the Halloween recipes that we’re sharing!

Plus, don’t forget that we have 6 (six) great giveaways for you this week thanks to our amazing sponsors!

Scroll down to take a look!

Prize #1

Prize #1 — Dixie Crystals is giving away a “Dinner and Dessert Set” – ONE 6-Quart Cook & Carry Programmable Slow Cooker, a Pyrex mixing bowl set plus some fun Dixie Crystals items like a Dixie Crystal Apron and Cookbook!

Prize #2

Prize #2 — Adam’s Extract is giving away – 1 Gift Pack – including 4oz Adams Best, 1.5 oz Peppermint, 1.5oz Almond, 1 bottle vanilla cinnamon sugar, 1 bottle pumpkin pie spice

Prize #3

Prize #3 —Wilton is giving away a Texturra 7-Piece Bakeware Set

Prize #4

Prize #4 — Sweets and Treats Shop is giving away a large baking box of goodies! Sweets and Treats will send one lucky winner a large assortment of sprinkles and lines and other samples of their products!

Prize #5

Prize #5 — Treat Street USA is giving away a set of Holiday Treat Decorations (1 Gummy Assortment, 1 Marshmallow Snowman, 1 Toy Solider and 1 Gingerbread Men)

Prize #6

Prize # 6– Litehouseis giving away the following: 1 Litehouse® Honeycrisp Apple Cider, 1 Litehouse® Old Fashioned Caramel, 1 Litehouse® Pumpkin Spice Caramel, 1 Litehouse® Butterscotch Caramel & 1 Litehouse® Chocolate Dip, Snack Packs

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Giveaway open to US Residents 18 years or older. All entries will be verified. No PO Boxes Please. Prizes will be sent directly from sponsors to winners, bloggers are not responsible for prizes. This giveaway runs from October 7th – October 13th at 11:59PM EST. Winners will be selected soon afterward and contacted by e-mail. Winners will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. There are a total of 6 (six) prizes and therefore we will have a total of 6 (six) winners. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited by law.

Disclaimer: These posts and recipes are part of the week-long event, #HalloweenTreatsWeek but all opinions are 100% mine! We would like to Thank our amazing sponsors: Dixie Crystals, Adam’s Extract, Wilton, Sweets and Treats Shop, Treat Street USA and Litehouse! These wonderful sponsors provided the prize packs for our giveaways and also sent samples and products to the #HalloweenTreatsWeek bloggers to use in their recipes.