Pumpkin Spice Halloween Cookies
These Pumpkin Spice Halloween Cookies are a fun and tasty treat. Homemade sugar cookies shaped like pumpkins and decorated. They make the perfect Halloween sweet for trick-or-treaters or a Halloween party.
This pumpkin spice cookie recipe makes perfect cut-out cookies that are easy to decorate with royal icing. The cookies are incredibly flavorful with the addition of pumpkin spice. To make a special Halloween treat, package them in clear gift bags and tie with a bow. I love to do this for the special Trick-or-Treaters that come to my door. Check out easy to follow, step-by-step instructions for Decorating Cookies with Royal.
How to make perfect sugar cookies
- Start with room temperature butter, not too soft or your cookies will spread. Test the butter by poking it with your finger. It should make a soft indent without sinking.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until it is light and fluffy. It will lighten in color from yellow to pale yellow.
- Next add dry ingredients and mix until combined. Using a whisk will ensure the dry ingredients are well combined before adding to the creamed butter and sugar.
- Divide the dough into 3 pieces, flatten a bit into disks. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour.
- Once the dough is chilled, work with one disk at a time and roll dough out on a well-floured surface to 1/4 thickness. Dust your cookie cutter with flour to avoid dough sticking to the cookie cutter.
- Transfer cut out cookies to a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake in oven that has been preheated to 350ºF.
- Bake 8-10 minutes, just until edges start to brown.
- Decorate with royal icing following these step by step instructions.
These Jack-o’-latern decorated cake pops make a super delicious Halloween treat if you are looking for another fun idea.
Pumpkin Spice Halloween Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups butter softened
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 eggs + 1 extra yolk
- 2 teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice
- 3 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Whisk together flour, salt and pumpkin spice.
- Using electric mixer beat the butter and sugar together until fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- Add vanilla and mix well, then add eggs. Beat to combine.
- Add the flour mix a bit at a time, blend until combined.
- Separate dough into 3 equal portions. Flatten into disks and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for about 30 minutes to chill the dough.
- When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350ºF.
- Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Sprinkle flour on work surface. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness.
- Dust cookie cutter with flour to prevent dough from sticking and cut out cookies. Transfer to cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes. (edges just starting to brown)
- Cool a bit on the cookie sheets before transferring to wire rack to cool completely before decorating.
- Decorate with royal icing that has been tinted with orange food coloring. The black spider web and spider can be made with food writer or royal icing that has been tinted with black food coloring. A store-bought candy spider also works great for a decoration.
Those are by far some of the most elegant and beautiful pumpkin cookies I have ever seen. They’re so clean and yet their impact is incredible!
Tiffany
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