Fall Sugar Cookies: Pumpkins, Lattes, & Cozy Sweaters
A cozy themed sugar cookie set is easy to decorate by breaking down each decorating technique step-by-step.These sugar cookies are buttery and soft with slightly crisp edges and aren't overly sweet. (about 2 hours of decorating time)
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.
Notes
Freezing: You can freeze plain or decorated cookies for 2 months. Let the cookies thaw before serving. Cookie dough can be frozen up to 2 months. Let the dough thaw before rolling but not all the way until room temperature.
Decorate: Ice cookies with royal icing. See my easy royal icing recipe with egg whites to answer all your royal icing questions. This royal icing recipe was made to pair with these sugar cookies. The cookies are buttery and not overly sweet, so the icing gives it a nice sweetness.