Have you ever wanted to make your favorite Disney Halloween recipes at home (especially those creepy-cute Jack Skellington cookies)? Now's your chance.
Disney is in the beginning stages of reopening, but that doesn't mean the company is done sharing its famous recipes for you to make at home while you continue to follow stay-at-home orders in your state and practice social distancing. This time, the happiest place on earth is sharing their famous Disney Halloween recipes.
"For many of us, the Halloween season is a favorite time of year with all the creative costumes (for humans and pets!), festive parties, over-the-top decorations, and, of course, fabulous food," said Karen McClintock, the food & beverage content relations manager of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts wrote in a new blog post.
In honor of #Halfway2Halloween, the park blog featured old favorites like the park's pumpkin twists, pumpkin pancakes, and even a brand-new pumpkin crème brûlée recipe that looks too tasty not to try. Keep scrolling for a few of Disney's epic Halloween treats you can now make any time you want.
Pumpkin Pancakes
As Disney shared, this recipe is for "scrumptious pumpkin pancakes slathered with butter and syrup. ‘Nuff said."
Ingredients:
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/3 cup canned pumpkin
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
Directions:
Combine milk, egg, melted butter, pumpkin, and vanilla
extract in a small bowl. Set aside.Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger,
nutmeg, salt, and cloves in a medium bowl. Fold wet
ingredients into the flour mixture.Heat lightly-oiled large skillet or griddle over medium heat
until hot. Add 1/4 cup scoops of pancake batter onto the griddle.
Cook for 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
Jack Skellington Cookies
"Of course, we give Halloween icon Jack Skellington his own cookie," McClintock said of this recipe. Just make sure to pair the sugary treat with plenty of milk to wash it down.
Ingredients:
Cookies:
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Icing:
- 2 egg whites
- 3 cups confectioner’s sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- Black food coloring paste
Directions:
Cookies:
- Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl
and whisk until combined. Set aside. - Combine butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat
until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Add flour mixture in
three parts. Once the dough comes together, cover the bowl with
plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. - Preheat oven to 400°F.
- On a floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness.
Using a round cookie cutter or an overturned cup, cut dough
into circles about 3 1/4 inches in diameter. Place cookies 1
inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. - Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool
completely before icing.
Icing:
- Place egg whites in the bowl of an electric mixer; whisk until
frothy. Add confectioners’ sugar a little at a time, until thick
but still spreadable. - Place 1/3 of icing in a separate bowl. Add black food coloring
paste to reserved icing and stir until color is uniform. - decorate to your black heart's content!
Click here for more of Disney's spooky treats, that grey stuff from Beauty and the Beast, or even some non-Disney themed pancake cereal and whipped drink challenges.
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