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Candy Corn Sugar Cookies Recipe

Baked Goods & Desserts

Candy Corn Cookies are the Halloween baking project that makes even the most reluctant kitchen helpers want to get involved. Buttery sugar cookies decorated in the iconic orange, yellow, and white of candy corn — they are as fun to make as they are to eat at every October gathering.

Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
30 min
Servings
12
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Ingredients

2 cups Pioneer® Original Biscuit & Baking Mix or Pioneer Buttermilk Biscuit & Baking Mix
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
½ tsp almond extract
2/3 cup powdered sugar
1 can (16oz) vanilla frosting
2/3 cup granulated sugar (or coarse sugar crystals)
1 dash red and yellow food coloring (as needed)

These Candy Corn Sugar Cookies are made with Pioneer Original or Buttermilk Baking Mix for the tender, perfectly sweet cookie base that holds its shape beautifully and gives you the ideal canvas for all that festive Halloween decorating.

Instructions

  1. Make Cookie Dough

    In large mixer bowl, beat butter, powdered sugar and almond extract until creamy, about 2 minutes. Add Pioneer Baking Mix, beating on low speed to combine.

  2. Press, Prick, and Bake

    Press dough to fit 14-inch pizza pan coated with nonstick cooking spray. Using a fork, prick dough every 2 inches. Bake at 325°F for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes.

  3. Cut into Wedges

    Cut into 12 wedges, then cool completely. Repeat cuts to separate pieces, but leave pieces on pan.

  4. Frost and Mark Sections

    Spread a thin layer of frosting over cookie pizza crust. To mark cookie for decorating, lightly press a 4-inch-diameter bowl upside down in center of frosting; remove bowl. Lightly press a 9-inch-diameter cake pan upside down in center of frosting; remove pan.

  5. Decorate with Colored Sugars

    Place 1/3 cup sugar in each of 2 small bowls. Add food colors to sugars to make orange and yellow sugars. Leave the center circle plain. Sprinkle orange sugar in the 9-inch ring. Sprinkle yellow sugar in the outer ring. Decorate with candy corn as desired.

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