Easy Pumpkin Decorated Cookies

So to get you started on your holiday cookie decorating i ve pulled together some of my favorite decorated halloween cookies complete with recipes and step by step directions.

Easy pumpkin decorated cookies. Begin by outlining the pumpkin segments as shown below. Mix 1 cup of vanilla frosting with 64 drops of red food coloring and 165 drops of yellow food coloring. Thin some black icing to a watery consistency about a 3 second consistency.

Run a thin spatula under the cookie dough to separate it from the bottom layer of parchment paper. This classic shape is great for beginner and advanced decorators alike. Pumpkin shaped cut out cookies here are some cut out cookie recipe options royal icing divided and tinted with gel paste food coloring.

Here s a youtube video to show the entire process to make pumpkin latte cookies. Use a food grade brush to paint it over the bottom right part of the cookie. I know what a weirdo.

It has been a family recipe for 35 years. I usually triple the recipe. Using a cookie cutter with a mug shape that includes whipped cream piled on top see links below it s fairly easy to decorate a cookie up for the pumpkin latte season.

This will give you the orange frosting. Smooth the frosting in stripes downward to give it the look of a pumpkin. Seriously one cute pumpkin cutter can be transformed into a million different decorated pumpkin cookies.

Just be lazy and quick. In any case decorated pumpkin pie cookies are the closest this thanksgiving favorite is getting to my mouth. It doesn t have to be neat or even well done.