Ingredients

1.

Butter, unsalted
8 tbsp
2.

Powdered Erythritol (Icing Sugar)
2 tbsp
3.

Raw egg, yolk
1 large
4.

Vanilla extract
0.5 tsp
5.

Almond milk
1 tsp
6.

Liquid stevia
15 Drop
7.

Almond flour
1 cup
8.

Coconut flour
0.5 cup
9.

Baking Aids Xanthan Gum
0.5 tsp
10.

Baking soda
0.5 tsp
11.

Baking powder
0.25 tsp
12.

Cream cheese
4 oz
13.

Cream Heavy Whipping
1.5 tbsp
14.

Powdered Erythritol (Icing Sugar)
2 tbsp
15.

Vanilla extract
0.5 tsp

Instructions

1.
Use a paddle attachment on a stand mixer to blend the butter until it creamy and smooth. You can use a spatula to scrape down the sides of the bowl and continue mixing multiple times until the butter is totally lump-free. Mix the powdered erythritol into the butter. Once the butter and sugar are creamed, blend in the egg yolk, vanilla extract, almond milk, and liquid stevia. In a separate bowl, sift together the almond flour, coconut flour, xanthan gum, baking soda, and baking powder. Blend the dry mixture into the wet ingredients until the soft cookie dough comes together.
2.
Transfer the cookie dough to a piece of plastic wrap and press the dough into a flat disc. Wrap the dough and store it in your refrigerator for 60 minutes to chill. Meanwhile, make the icing you ll use to decorate the cookies. Clean out your mixing bowl and return it with the paddle attachment to your stand mixer. Blend room temperature cream cheese until it soft and lump-free. Blend the remaining heavy cream, powdered erythritol, and vanilla extract into the cream cheese to make a soft and creamy icing.
3.
Store the icing next to your dough in the refrigerator to stay firm until decorating time. When you re ready to cut the cookies, you ll need a cookie cutter to make the correct shape. You ll need a skull-shaped cookie cutter, or you can use a kit like the one photographed. A sugar skull cookie cutter kit will include decorated presses with designs you can imprint on the cookies. Additionally, you ll need different shades of food coloring to dye the icing in festive and vibrant colors. Try to dye the icing in 3-4 different colors to create the right look.
4.
Turn on an oven to preheat to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Remove the cookie dough from your refrigerator and place it on a floured sheet of parchment paper or on a Silpat mat, if you own one. Roll the dough out into a sheet, and use the decorated presses to mark out your cookies (if you re using them). Then, use the skull-shaped cookie cutter to cut out the cookies. This dough should have almost a playdough consistency, so you can re-roll and cut the dough multiple times until you use it all up.
5.
Transfer the cookies to your lined baking sheet and bake the cookies in your oven for 12-15 minutes. Just like regular sugar cookies, look for tender centers and golden edges all around the cookies. Before you can decorate the sugar skull cookies, they need to cool fully overnight or for at least 8 hours. Once the cookies are cooled, you can decorate the cookies by filling icing bags or Ziploc bags with the corner cut off with your different colored icings. Follow the patterns you imprinted on the cookies or make up your own designs to decorate with the icing.