Fall Cut Out Sugar Cookies are a fun and festive treat that taste incredible and are so pretty too. These pumpkin sugar cookies are soft, chewy and filled with wonderful warm spices that taste amazing.
Prep: Preheat the oven to 350°. Then, line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicon mat and set aside.
Cookie dough: In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the sugar and soft butter. Proceed to beat the ingredients together for 1 minute, until it is fluffy and light in color.
Next, add in the pumpkin puree, egg and vanilla extract and mix to combine. After that, add the flour, then top with the baking powder, pumpkin pie spice and salt. Mix together until a dough forms, be careful not to overmix. Stir to just combined and no white flour streaks show.
Bake: Proceed to transfer the dough onto a clean, lightly floured surface and roll out to ¼” thickness. Continue to cut out the desired amount of cookies using Fall cookie cutters.
Place the cut out cookies onto the prepared baking sheet and place into the preheated oven. Bake for 10 minutes. Once baked, remove from the oven and place onto a wire cooling rack to let cool completely. Repeat the baking process with the remaining cookies.
Frosting: In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, combine the powdered sugar, meringue powder, vanilla extract and salt. While the mixer is running, stream in the water. The frosting will start out stiff, whisk for 4 minutes until smooth. Then, spoon the frosting into a cookie icing bag or a piping bag fitted with a small, round tip. If using the icing bag, tie the top of the bag and snip a small hole into the tip of the bag.
Decorating Different Autumn Cookies
Decorating Acorn: Outline the perimeter of the acorn, then make a oblong shape to outline the cupule of the acorn. Starting from the left to the right, make diagonal lines from the top to the bottom of the outlined cupule. Then, starting from right to left, make diagonal lines from the top to the bottom of the cupule to make X's. Add a small teardrop shape to the left side of the acorn for definition.
Decorating Pumpkin: Outline the perimeter of the pumpkin, then add a small square at the top, outlining the stem. Pipe two lines onto the center of the pumpkin so as to divide it into the thirds. Pipe the center lines on in a curve similar to the outer lines of the pumpkin instead of up and down.
Decorating Oak leaf: Outline the perimeter of the leaf. Pipe a single line in the center of the leaf that goes from the top to the very bottom. Next, pipe 3 slightly diagonal lines on the left side of the leaf. Each line will start at a point in the leaf and end in the center line. Repeat on the right side.
Decorating Maple leaf: Outline the perimeter of the leaf, then pipe a slightly curved line from the top point of the leaf to the base of the leaf. Next, pipe 4 diagonal lines of the left half of the leaf. Each line will need to start at a point or curve in the leaf and end at the center line. Repeat on the right side.
Notes
Fall Cut Out Sugar Cookies make a fantastic treat to make with family and friends to kick off the fall season. These pumpkin sugar cookies are an incredibly delicious treat that have all the fall flavors you know and love.