Skeleton Chocolate Cinnamon Cookies Recipe

9 Steps to complete

• 1
  Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
• 2
  Prepare cookie dough: combine butter, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Mix with an electric mixer on medium speed for 1 minute or until all ingredients are fully incorporated. Add flour in 2 batches, stirring with a spatula until fully incorporated before adding more. Gently knead Chihuahua® cheese into cookie dough.
• 3
  Dust a clean work surface with flour. Roll out cinnamon cookie dough to ¼-inch thickness. Cut cookie dough with gingerbread man cookie cutter, and place cookies on a baking tray. Roll trimmed dough into a ball, and repeat this step to cut additional cookies.
• 4
  Bake cookies for 15 to 17 minutes, or until golden. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and allow them to cool at room temperature for a minimum of 20 minutes.
• 5
  Prepare chocolate ganache: in a small microwave-safe bowl; add sour cream, vanilla extract, and chocolate chips. Microwave ingredients for 20 seconds on high power, whisk until smooth, and set aside until needed.
• 6
  Prepare vanilla frosting: in a small bowl; combine sour cream, vanilla extract, and sugar. Whisk ingredients are fully incorporated and set aside until needed.
• 7
  Prepare decoration: evenly spread chocolate ganache across each cookie.
• 8
  Place vanilla frosting in a piping bag with a small round pastry tip and pipe a skull & bones onto chocolate-coated cookies.
• 9
  Let cookies dry uncovered at room temperature so that vanilla frosting and chocolate ganache can harden slightly. Serve and enjoy!