• Make 1 batch of the sugar cookie recipe. While the cookies cool, make the royal icing. Allow the cookies to cool completely before decorating.
• Dye food coloring according to the chart in the blog post.

Pumpkin

• Start with the left side of the cookie, use orange icing to pipe a border and fill in. Repeat for the right side and let the cookies sit for 2-3 minutes.
  
• Pipe an outline in the center and fill with icing. Let the icing dry for 5 minutes for more.
  
• Using the stiff orange icing, pipe slightly curved lines. Four lines on each side, two in the center.
  
• Continue using stiff icing to add the heart pattern. Pipe half of the hearts in the center, and on each side.
  
• Finish piping the other half of the hearts. Use dark brown icing to pipe a stem.
  

Love You A Latte

• Pipe a rectangle border on the bottom of the cup and fill in with white flood icing. Then, outline and fill in the lid.
  
• Use warm brown icing flood consistency to outline the “sleeve” and fill in.
  
• Let the cookie dry for five or more minutes.
  
• To add some details to the coffee cup, use white icing to pipe the outline of the lid as shown above. Add a cute message, “Love You A Latte,” with stiff orange icing and a little heart with stiff pink icing.
  

Cozy Sweater

• Start by piping a border with warm brown flood icing and then fill in.
  
• Let the cookie dry for 2-3 minutes.
  
• Follow the pattern above to pipe on lines using stiff warm brown icing.
  
• To make a heart pattern, use stiff warm brown icing to pipe on one side of the hearts.
  
• Then, pipe the other side of the hearts and the turtleneck and cuffs.
  

Gift & Store

• Let the cookies fully dry (12-24 hours). Add a cookie to a cellophane bag and tie with ribbon or a cookie box. Cookies can be stored at room temperature for up to 1 week.