These tiny shortbread cookies come together very quickly for festive little munchies everybody will love! A fun alternative to cut-out Halloween sugar cookies, these BOO! Bites sprinkle cookies are a perfect Halloween gift.
– ½ cup unsalted butter , at room temperature (plus more to butter the pan)
– ¼ cup granulated sugar
– ¼ teaspoon almond or vanilla extract
– 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
– ¼ teaspoon salt
– 4 teaspoons halloween colored nonpareils
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Beat the butter, sugar and extract at medium speed until creamy. Add the flour and salt. Mix on low speed until a dough forms. It will be crumbly at first, but keep beating. Transfer the dough to the lined pan and press evenly into the bottom. Lift the dough from pan and cut into small 1/2 inch pieces.