Cookie Cutter : Variety of leaf cookie cutters

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper
• Using a standing mixer, cream the butter and 2 sugars together
• Add pumpkin purée and eggs while slowly mixing.
• Add vanilla extract and mix.
• In a large bowl, mix together the 5 cups of flour apple pie spice and salt until combined
• Gradually mix in the dry ingredients until combined
• Scoop dough out onto a floured surface
• Knead in 1/2 C of flour
• Roll out dough to 1/8 inch in thickness
• Cut out shapes and place onto cookie sheet 2 inches apart
• Place cookie sheet into the oven and bake for about 8-10 minutes
• Remove from oven and allow to cool completely

Icing ingredients :

• 4 egg whites
• 1/2 tsp cream of tarter
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 4 1/2 C powder sugar
• Orange, Brown, pink, black and golden yellow gel food coloring
• 5 disposable piping bags fitted with a number 2 tip
• 3 squeeze bottles

Royal Icing Directions:

• Using the standing mixer, combine the egg whites, cream of tarter, vanilla and powder sugar and mix until combined and stiff peaks form
• Split icing into 5 bowls
• Add a few drops of Orange into one of the bowls
• Add a few drops of brown into the second bowl
• Add a few drops of golden yellow into the third bowl
• Add a few drops of pink into the fourth bowl
• Add a few drops of black into the fifth bowl
• Mix until the colors are blended and the shades you want
• Scoop about 1/4 C of icing into their own bags
• Add 2-4 tsp of water into the remaining brown, orange and yellow icing bowls and mix until combined
• Pour the icing’s into squeeze bottles
• Outline the leaf cookies like shown in the sample image
  
• Fill in the cookies with the thinned icing colors
  
• Allow to dry completely over night
• Using the black piping bag, pipe the details of the faces onto the cookies
  
• Using the pink icing, pipe pink dots for the cheeks
• Allow to dry for one hour before enjoying!