With Halloween just around the corner, we’ve found two delicious recipes for some spooky sweets.
Spooky shortbread
Makes approx. 16 ghosts (depending on the size of your cookie cutter)
Ingredients
250g butter, softened
1/3 cup caster sugar
1/4 cup rice flour, sifted
2 1/4 cups plain flour, sifted
To decorate:
Icing sugar
Small quantity icing of choice
M&Ms Minis
Method
Preheat oven to 150°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
Cream the butter and sugar in an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Gradually add flours and when the mixture becomes very stiff, use your hands (or a fork) to combine. Turn out onto a lightly floured board or bench and knead until smooth.
Using a rolling pin, roll out the mixture to a thickness of about 1cm.
Using a ghost-shaped cookie cutter (we got ours in a Pacman set from eBay), cut out shapes and place onto the baking tray.
Bake for around 20 minutes. Once your ghosts have completely cooled, dust them all over with icing sugar.
Place a small amount of icing (we used royal icing in black) on the back of the M&Ms and stick them down for the eyes.
Chocolate ‘RIP’ mousse pots
Recipe and image courtesy of CSR Sugar |Â csrsugar.com.au
Makes: 6
Ingredients
125g dark cooking chocolate, roughly chopped
20g butter
2 eggs, separated
1/4 cup CSR caster sugar
3/4 cup cream
6 plain chocolate biscuits, roughly crushed
Plain biscuits/shortbreads or wafers, for headstone
Method
Place chocolate and butter in a large heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Stir regularly until melted and smooth. Allow to cool slightly then mix in egg yolks.
Place egg whites into a mixing bowl and beat until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar until all is incorporated and mixture is thick and glossy.
Place cream into a mixing bowl and beat until firm peaks have formed. Gradually fold egg white mixture into chocolate mix using a large metal spoon.
Then fold in whipped cream mixing gently until well combined.
Spoon between serving glasses, cover and chill for 2 hours until set. For serving, sprinkle a layer of chocolate biscuit crumbs on the top and then using the plain biscuits press in to act as a headstone.
Decorate with flowers and writing as desired.
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