My mother made sugar cookies three times a year: on Halloween, Valentine’s Day, and at Christmas. My favorites were always the pumpkin shaped Halloween Sugar Cookies. We would spend hours decorating each pumpkin to look like an elaborately carved jack-o-lantern. This year, I didn’t have a crew to decorate with, so I embellished them simply, with pumpkins and candy corn. Halloween Sugar Cookies were a big hit at the Halloween party we attended Saturday night. The secret to these sugar cookies’ popularity? While the cookies themselves are simple (Mom always used the Fannie Farmer recipe for sugar cookies) the almond buttercream frosting they get topped with is her own special twist. You’ll see. Leave them undecorated and bring them to the party with some fun toppings. People love decorating Halloween Sugar Cookies as jack-o-lantern pirates, queens, doctors, etc. ¼ pound butter ¾ cup sugar, plus more for rolling them out 1 egg ½ teaspoon vanilla ¼ teaspoon almond extract 1 ¼ cups flour, plus more for rolling them out ⅛ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon baking powder American buttercream frosting: ½ teaspoon almond extract and food coloring 1 stick butter 4 + cups powdered sugar milk to adjust the consistency Cream butter … Continue reading →