Vegan Halloween Lofthouse Cookies
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Our Spooky Vegan Halloween Lofthouse Cookies are here! Indulge in the ultimate vegan treat – a batch of soft, fluffy, and absolutely irresistible sugar cookies, adorned with a luscious buttercream frosting and festive sprinkles and eyeball fun. Treat your taste buds and your conscience with the best vegan frosted sugar cookies around.
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Why You’ll Love These Vegan Halloween Lofthouse Cookies
- These fun, iconic lofthouse cookies are decorated with the cutest Halloween sprinkles and candy eyeballs with coordinating frosting colors that represent the spooky Halloween season! Who wouldn’t want to dive into tasting these yummy treats!?
- These soft and pillowy cookies are completely plant-based. Whether you’re a long-time vegan or simply looking for a healthier alternative to traditional Halloween sweets, these cookies are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth.
- Fun treats for all your Halloween party fun and party trays. Kids as well as adults will be thrilled over how good they taste! They taste way better than the store-bought cookies you find in the store.
Ingredients – Make 14 Vegan Halloween Lofthouse Cookies
Soft Sugar Cookies
- 1 cup vegan butter, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ cup any plant-based milk
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cup + 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 6 Tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
frosting
- ½ cup vegan butter
- ½ cup vegan shortening (or can sub with vegan butter 1:1)
- 2 cups powdered sugar, add more if desired for firmer frosting
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1-2 drops Halloween colored food coloring or gel choices or any color food coloring as desired
- ½ cup vegan Halloween colored sprinkles, Sweetapolita has a ton of sprinkles to choose from, along with eyeballs and food coloring.
- Vegan candy eyeballs
Instructions How to Make Vegan Halloween Lofthouse Cookies
- You’ll preheat oven later, after the dough has chilled, so go ahead and make the cookie dough.
- Using a mixer, mix together the room temperature vegan butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl and cream together until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Then add the milk and vanilla to the mixing bowl and mix together for another 30 seconds.
- Next, add the flour, followed by the cornstarch, baking powder, and salt to the mixing bowl. Then, mix together until a smooth and thick cookie batter forms.
- Add the bowl of cookie dough to the fridge, cover, and let chill for 30 minutes- 1 hour.
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 350F. Remove the cookie dough from the fridge and use a large cookie scoop to form 14 large cookies. You can either roll into balls or you can do it the easy way and place the scoops of dough on the cookie sheet as you scoop them onto your cookie sheet.
- Place the sugar cookie dough balls onto the baking sheet and lightly press the dough down with your palm to flatten. Make sure that each cookie is kept about 2 inches apart since they will spread while baking.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes until bottoms are lightly browned and the cookie is cooked through but has slightly soft centers. The cookies will continue baking after they are removed from the oven so the centers should still be soft, not glossy or raw, when they are removed from the oven. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. Then, transfer to a wire rack to continue cooling.
- To make the decorated cookies: spread frosting on the cooled cookies and then add sprinkles, eyeballs or anything else you want to decorate and celebrate your spooky & fun Halloween with!
Helpful Tips
- If you want to make smaller cookies, make sure to adjust the baking time to 9-12 minutes.
- Don’t over-bake your cookies, so they remain soft and chewy.
Storing and Freezing Options for Vegan Halloween Lofthouse Cookies
- How to store Lofthouse Cookies – Frosted cookies will keep well in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 1 week. Or you can keep them in a cool, dry area of your kitchen if you do not refrigerate, thus cookies should be eaten within 3 days or so, if they make it that long!
- How to freeze Lofthouse cookies: Keep cookies frozen for up to 3 months. Take care to pack if you have added sprinkles or other decorations that might potentially bleed while the cookies defrost, as they might not hold up as well as unadorned frosted sugar cookies.
More Variations
- We made our own homemade frosting, but if you want a frosting shortcut, just pick up 2-3 of your favorite vegan frosting in the tub, like Miss Jones Baking Company and color your own frosting with vegan food coloring.
- Lofthouse cookies are synonymous for sprinkles on top, so have fun and load them up with festive colors for any holiday of the year! These cookies aren’t just for Halloween! You can customize them for Thanksgiving, Easter, Valentine’s day and birthdays!
- Besides vanilla extract, you can also flavor your cookie dough with almond extract, lemon extract, orange extract, cheesecake extract, cake batter extract and more! There’s so many flavors you can choose from!
In conclusion, choosing a vegan lifestyle doesn’t mean sacrificing your favorite holiday treats. With the delicious and festive option of Vegan Halloween Lofthouse Cookies, you can indulge in the spookiest time of year guilt-free. By using plant-based ingredients and creative decorating techniques, you can still enjoy the taste and tradition of Lofthouse cookies without compromising on your values.
So go ahead, yield to the temptation of these irresistible Vegan Halloween Lofthouse Cookies and enjoy a truly hauntingly delightful experience. And remember, the options for vegan goodies are endless, so keep exploring and creating new treats that align with your ethical beliefs. Happy haunting!
We’d love you to share your fun ideas for decorating these vegan soft sugar cookies for your Halloween bash! Let’s go!
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Vegan Halloween Lofthouse Cookies
Our Spooky Vegan Halloween Lofthouse Cookies are here! Indulge in the ultimate vegan treat – a batch of soft, fluffy, and absolutely irresistible sugar cookies, adorned with a luscious buttercream frosting and festive sprinkles and eyeball fun. Treat your taste buds and your conscience with the best vegan frosted sugar cookies around.
Ingredients
Soft Sugar Cookies
- 1 cup vegan butter room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ cup any plant-based milk
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cup + 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 6 Tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
Frosting
- ½ cup vegan butter
- ½ cup vegan shortening or can sub with vegan butter 1:1
- 2 cups powdered sugar add more if desired for firmer frosting
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1-2 drops Halloween colored food coloring or gel choices or any color food coloring as desired
- ½ cup vegan Halloween colored sprinkles Sweetapolita has a ton of sprinkles to choose from, along with eyeballs and food coloring.
- Vegan candy eyeballs
Instructions
Instructions How to Make Vegan Halloween Lofthouse Cookies
- You’ll preheat oven later, after the dough has chilled, so go ahead and make the cookie dough.
- Using a mixer, mix together the room temperature vegan butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl and cream together until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Then add the milk and vanilla to the mixing bowl and mix together for another 30 seconds.
- Next, add the flour, followed by the cornstarch, baking powder, and salt to the mixing bowl. Then, mix together until a smooth and thick cookie batter forms.
- Add the bowl of cookie dough to the fridge, cover, and let chill for 30 minutes- 1 hour.
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 350F. Remove the cookie dough from the fridge and use a large cookie scoop to form 14 large cookies. You can either roll into balls or you can do it the easy way and place the scoops of dough on the cookie sheet as you scoop them onto your cookie sheet.
- Place the sugar cookie dough balls onto the baking sheet and lightly press the dough down with your palm to flatten. Make sure that each cookie is kept about 2 inches apart since they will spread while baking.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes until bottoms are lightly browned and the cookie is cooked through but has slightly soft centers. The cookies will continue baking after they are removed from the oven so the centers should still be soft, not glossy or raw, when they are removed from the oven. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. Then, transfer to a wire rack to continue cooling.
Frosting & Decorating
- To make the decorated cookies: spread frosting on the cooled cookies and then add sprinkles, eyeballs or anything else you want to decorate and celebrate your spooky & fun Halloween with!
