Jack-o'-Lantern Pumpkin Spice Cutouts
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Baking Sheet
- Rolling Pin
- Cookie Cutters
- Piping Tip
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- Orange food coloring
- Black food coloring
Instructions
- Mix the flour and pumpkin pie spice in a bowl and set it aside.
- Beat the butter and granulated sugar until light, then add the pumpkin puree, egg yolk, and vanilla extract.
- Stir the dry mixture into the wet mixture until a dough forms.
- Wrap the dough and chill it for 30 minutes.
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment.
- Roll the dough to 1/4 inch thick and cut out jack-o'-lantern shapes with a cookie cutter.
- Place the cutouts on the baking sheet and bake for 10 to 12 minutes until the edges are lightly golden.
- Cool the cookies completely on a wire rack.
- Stir the powdered sugar and milk together until smooth, then divide the icing into two bowls.
- Tint one bowl orange and the other black.
- Spread orange icing on each cookie and let it set.
- Pipe black icing to draw jack-o'-lantern faces on top.
Notes
Chill the dough longer if your kitchen is warm so the shapes hold their edges during baking. Use a small piping tip for the faces to keep the lines clean. Store finished cookies in a single layer between sheets of parchment so the icing stays intact.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Equipment: Mixing Bowl, Baking Sheet, Rolling Pin, Cookie Cutters, Piping Tip
Cuisine: American
Equipment: Mixing Bowl, Baking Sheet, Rolling Pin, Cookie Cutters, Piping Tip