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Vegan eyeball cookies

Vegan Eyeball Cookies

Tatyana
Creepy yet delicious vegan eyeball cookies made with a simple sugar cookie dough. Easy to make and no icing or decorating required!
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Course Dessert
Total Time 2 hours 42 minutes
Servings 30

Ingredients
  

White Dough

  • 93 g softened vegan butter,  I use this one
  • 98 g white granulated sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 33 g water, room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract or paste
  • 180 g all-purpose flour

Coloured Dough

  • 150 g white dough
  • ½-¾ tsp turmeric or matcha, or food colouring of your choice

Chocolate Dough

  • 16 g softened vegan butter
  • 18 g white granulated sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • ⅛ tsp baking powder
  • 8 g water
  • 5 g cocoa powder
  • 25 g all-purpose flour

Instructions
 

White Dough

  • Cream the butter, sugar, salt and baking powder together by hand or with an electric hand mixer until slightly paler and fluffy.
  • Mix in the water and vanilla. It will look split, that’s normal. Add in the flour and mix just until a smooth dough forms.

Coloured Dough

  • Take out 150g of the white dough and mix the turmeric, matcha or a few drops of food colouring into it.
  • Put both doughs in airtight containers or wrap them in cling film and place them in the fridge.

Chocolate Dough

  • Same method as the white dough. The cocoa powder can be added at the same time as the water.
  • Place in an airtight container or in cling film and in the fridge as well.
  • Let all the doughs chill for at least 1 hour or overnight.

Shaping and Baking

  • Follow the instructions and pictures in the blog post to form the layered log. Then chill it in the freezer until solid, turning it every so often to avoid it flattening on one side. In the meantime preheat your oven to 180°C/350°F and line your baking sheet with parchment or a silicone baking mat.
  • Bake for about 11 minutes for a “crisp around the edges but softer in the middle” cookie or 12-14 for a cookie that’s crisp all the way through. In both cases the cookie will still be pale.
  • Let them cool a few minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • *Optional: with a small paint brush and some beet juice or water with a few drops of red food colouring mixed in, paint some veins on the eyeballs.

Notes

  • *Disclaimer: I have a tiny not-so-great oven, so your bake time may vary from mine. 
  • I strongly suggest making recipes by weight, if you make them by cups I can’t guarantee that you’ll get the same results.