Description
Celebrate Halloween with these festive Pumpkin Cookies that feature colorful icing decorations resembling pumpkin faces. Soft, roll-out sugar cookie dough is baked to perfection and then decorated with vibrant red, orange, green, black, and white icing to create a fun and spooky treat perfect for Halloween parties and family gatherings.
Ingredients
Cookie Dough
- Roll-Out Cookie Dough (enough for 1 dozen pumpkin-shaped cookies)
Icing Colors
- Kelly Green Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Kelly Green Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Black Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Black Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Orange Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Orange Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Christmas Red Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Christmas Red Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Red-Red Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Red-Red Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- White Decorator Icing, 4.5 lb.
Instructions
- Bake cookies: Prepare the roll-out cookie dough according to the recipe instructions or package directions. Roll the dough to an even thickness and use a pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter to cut out shapes. Place the cutouts onto a baking sheet and bake them until golden and firm. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely on a wire rack before decorating.
- Tint Icing: Separate the white decorator icing into portions. Combine Red-Red and Christmas Red icing colors to create the perfect red shade. Tint 1/4 cup of icing red with this mixture. Tint 1 cup icing orange using the orange icing color. Tint 1/4 cup icing green using Kelly Green icing color. Tint 1/2 cup icing black using black icing color. Mix well to achieve uniform colors.
- Decorate Cookies: Using a spatula, spread the orange icing smoothly over the top surface of each cooled pumpkin cookie to create the pumpkin base layer. Prepare decorating bags with couplers and fitting decorating tips: one bag with black icing, and three bags each filled with green, white, and red icings, all with #5 tips. With the green icing bag, pipe stems at the top of each pumpkin cookie. Using the black, red, and white icings, pipe facial features such as eyes and noses onto the pumpkin. Switch the decorating tip on the black icing bag to a smaller #3 tip and pipe detailed features like teeth and eyebrows to complete the spooky pumpkin faces.
Notes
- Ensure cookies are completely cooled before icing to prevent melting and running colors.
- Mix icing colors well to avoid streaks and ensure vibrant colors.
- Use gel food coloring to intensify colors without altering the consistency of the icing.
- Practice piping on parchment paper before decorating cookies for better precision.
- Store decorated cookies in an airtight container to keep them fresh for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 110mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
