No Tricks, All Treats. A Halloween Candy Cookie Recipe
Our SD Nutrition Group family had so much fun on Halloween this past week. We dressed up and made our way around the San Diego neighborhoods. One of the benefits of both eating disorder recovery and intuitive eating is being able to enjoy holidays with friends and family, without shame or guilt. It allows for you to be present and create memories as well as enjoy traditions, new and old!
One of our favorite parts of Halloween is having candy to enjoy as part of our meals or a snack throughout the days. We also love using some of our leftover candy to make candy cookies!
INGREDIENTS
2 ½ cups all purpose flour
1 tbsp baking soda
1 tbsp cornstarch
pinch of salt
½ cup butter, room temperature
1 ½ cup brown sugar
½ cup cane sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 ½ cups leftover Halloween candy, chopped
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
In a mixing bowl, place butter and both brown and white sugar. Beat together until butter is thoroughly combined and texture is light and fluffy.
Add the eggs and vanilla to the bowl and beat again until blended.
Then, add all of the dry ingredients, except the halloween candy. We want to save those for after the dough is combined.
Mix with the hand mixer on medium speed until flour is mixed in; dough will be chunky.
Chop any leftover halloween candy you have and place it into the bowl with the dough. Fold in with a rubber spatula.
Use a medium cookie scoop to scoop batter onto a parchment paper lined cookie sheet (or greased baking sheet) and make small cookie dough balls. After the cookies are rolled, gently press a few more candy pieces into the top of each cookie.
Bake for 9-11 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Be careful to not over bake.
After the cookies come out of the oven, transfer onto a wire rack to allow them to cool. Optional: add more leftover candy to the tops of the baked cookies - gently pressing it into each cookie while they’re still warm. Enjoy!
Adapted from A Paige of Positivity
https://apaigeofpositivity.com/leftover-halloween-candy-cookies/