Description
Easy fall royal icing cookies decorated with pumpkins, leaves, and acorns. Perfect for gifting or cozy fall baking with family.
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp baking powder
3 tbsp meringue powder
4 cups powdered sugar
6 tbsp warm water
Gel food coloring (orange, red, yellow, green)
Instructions
1. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy, then beat in egg and vanilla.
2. Mix in flour and baking powder gradually until dough forms.
3. Chill dough for 30 minutes, then roll to 1/4 inch thickness.
4. Cut into fall shapes (pumpkins, leaves, acorns).
5. Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 8-10 minutes, cool completely.
6. Whisk meringue powder, powdered sugar, and water until stiff peaks form.
7. Adjust consistency: thick for outlining, thin for flooding.
8. Color icing with autumn gel colors.
9. Pipe outlines, flood cookies, and decorate with fall designs.
10. Let cookies dry completely before serving or packaging.
Notes
Chill dough before baking to avoid spreading.
Store cookies in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
Allow decorated cookies to dry overnight before packaging.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 45mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg