These Fall Woodland Cookies are SO CUTE! They are the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving dessert table and you can even personalize the little owl cookies with your guest’s name for each place setting! Make them with your favorite sugar cookie recipe or you can use my mom’s recipe below. I just have never had a sugar cookie come remotely close to my mom’s.
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You will need:
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar
3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
For the icing:
3 Tb meringue powder
4 cups sifted powdered sugar
5-6 Tb lukewarm water
Various fall cookie cutters, found on my Amazon affiliate links below
Food coloring
chocolate jimmies sprinkles
Food coloring markers
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For the Cookies:
Cream butter in a mixing bowl. Gradually add powdered sugar and mix until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and mix until thoroughly combined. Sift together flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt. Gradually add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture until combined completely. Shape dough into a ball and roll out into a lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Using cookie cutters, cut dough into various shapes. Place on parchment paper lined cookie sheets and bake 10-12 minutes in a pre-heated 375-degree oven or until bottoms are golden. Cool completely.
For the Icing:
Place sugar and meringue in a mixing bowl and mix together. Add water and mix low to medium speed with a stand mixer for 7-10 minutes. If using a hand mixer, increase the time and beat until icing loses its sheen. To thin icing to desired consistency, add one tsp of water at a time. You can also divide icing into batches and add the food coloring of your choice. Decorate each cookie using icing and sprinkles. Let dry overnight and decorate with edible markers if desired.
These make such a cute cookie for Thanksgiving!
I just love all of these adorable fall woodland cookies!
Fall Woodland Cookies
The most adorable fall woodland sugar cookies! Cute fox, hedgehog, owl and turkey drumstick cookies perfect for Thanksgiving!
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cream of tartar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- For the icing:
- 3 Tb meringue powder
- 4 cups sifted powdered sugar
- 5-6 Tb lukewarm water
- Various fall cookie cutters found on Amazon (see my affiliate links)
- Chocolate jimmies sprinkles
- Food coloring markers
Instructions
- Cream butter in a mixing bowl. Gradually add powdered sugar and mix until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and mix until thoroughly combined. Sift together flour, baking soda,
cream of tartar and salt. Gradually add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture until combined completely. Shape dough into a ball and roll out into a lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Using cookie cutters, cut dough into various shapes. Place on parchment paper lined cookie sheets and bake 10-12 minutes in a pre-heated 375-degree oven or until bottoms are golden. Cool completely. - For the Icing: Place sugar and meringue in a mixing bowl and mix together. Add water and mix low to medium speed with a stand mixer for 7-10 minutes. If using a hand mixer, increase the time and beat until icing loses its sheen. To thin icing to desired consistency, add one tsp of water at a time. You can also divide icing into batches and add the food
coloring of your choice. Decorate each cookie using icing and sprinkles. Let dry overnight and decorate with edible markers if desired.
