silhouette cookies for Halloween

I'm just loving these cookies. SO easy to make, too.
how to make 'em:

1. Prepare cookie dough. Roll out, cut out and bake cookies according to the recipe (I used a 2 1/2 inch circle cutter). Let cool. 2. Tint fondant by kneading drops of coloring very well into a chunk of fondant. If the fondant gets sticky from handling, let sit out uncovered for 15 minutes. I made plain white, purple, lime green and orange (Americolor soft gel pastes Regal Purple, Electric Green and Orange). Roll out fondant between two pieces of wax paper or on a surface dusted with confectioner's sugar. Cut out circles with the cookie cutter and adhere to cookies with light corn syrup or a thin layer of frosting. 3. Prepare black fondant (using Super Black coloring) and roll out. Cut out silhouettes. This would be easy with mini Halloween cookie cutters. I made things more complicated (see below). 4. Adhere to cookies with light corn syrup.

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NOTE: You can also flood royal icing for the cookie backgrounds instead of fondant.how to make a bat silhouette
you'll need:
1/2 inch circle fondant cutter
1 1/2 inch square fondant cutter


how to make a witch hat silhouette
you'll need:
to know how to cut out a witch hat

I did this one by hand. It would've been easier with a witch hat cookie cutter.

how to make a cauldron silhouette
you'll need:
1 1/2 inch circle fondant cutter
1/2 inch circle fondant cutter
dough scraper or sharp knife


how to make a spider silhouette
you'll need:
1/2 inch circle fondant cutter
decorating tip*
black food coloring pen
*use the wide end of the decorating tip as a cutter to make circles about 3/4 inch diameter