Jack Skellington’s Sandy Claws Cookies are a Festive Holiday Treat

Watch “The Nightmare Before Christmas” as you enjoy these adorable Jack Skellington Sandy Claws Cookies from Disney Family. These are a festive, fun cookies for the holiday season.

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Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
• 2 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
• 2 teaspoons milk
• 2 teaspoons light corn syrup
• Red food coloring
• Flaked coconut
• Round white candies
• Black edible food marker (found at your local craft store)
• Wax paper
• Round cookie cutter (2.25-inch or so in diameter)
• Disposable food preparation gloves (for kneading food coloring into the dough)

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Directions

1. In a large bowl mix the flour, baking powder, and salt.

2.  In a second bowl combine the butter, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, lemon zest and egg. Beat with a mixer for several minutes. Add flour mixture a little bit at a time.

3.  Wrap the dough in cling wrap, and refrigerate for at least one hour.

4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

5. Divide the dough in half. Working on a flour-dusted sheet of wax paper, roll out one half of the dough, 1/4-inch thick. Use a round cookie cutter to cut out as many circles as you can. These circles will be Jack’s head.

6.  Take the other half of the dough and put in a bowl. Squeeze several drops of red food coloring into it, and knead in, wearing gloves. Roll this dough out onto flour-dusted wax paper and cut out several long triangles. These will be Jack’s Santa hat.

7. Use the cookie cutter to cut a curved notch in the base of each hat, or shape the dough with your fingers to create your own hat.

8. Place your round cookies onto a greased cookie sheet, being sure to leave enough room above each circle for a hat.

9.  Place the triangle hats on top of the round cookies and fold each down.

10. Bake cookies for 8 to 12 minutes, depending on thickness. Let cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheet, then transfer to a wire rack. Let cookies cool before decorating.

11. To prepare the icing, combine confectioner’s sugar, milk and corn syrup in a bowl and stir.

12.  Spread icing evenly onto face of each cookie. Set aside two hours to allow icing to harden.

13. Spread a thin line of icing on the gap between Jack’s face and hat. Then sprinkle with shredded coconut to give his hat a fleecy brim.

14. Take a bowl of round mints and stick them to the point of Jack’s hat using a small dab of frosting.

15.  Draw Jack Skellington’s face onto the cookie using a black edible marker.

Now you have adorable Sandy Claws Cookies to eat while watching “The Nightmare Before Christmas”.

Source: Disney Family