Beautiful Pumpkin Cookies for Fall

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⭐Chilled sheet of cookie dough
⭐2-¾” square plaque cookie cutter
⭐2-⅞” rectangle plaque cookie cutter
⭐Pumpkin templates (available in my shop and to my subscribers)
⭐4 decorating bags (the bundle of supplies for this project in the link above includes disposable decorating bags)
⭐4 couplers
⭐Decorating tip 3
⭐Decorating tip 1
⭐Decorating tip 2
⭐4 bag ties
⭐Scribe tool
⭐Flood consistency royal icing in blue (see color combinations below)
⭐Medium consistency royal icing in orange, green, and ivory
⭐Decorator brush (I used the round brush from the Wilton 5 piece set)
⭐Vodka or grain alcohol for painting
⭐Paint palette
⭐Chefmaster Navy Blue and Sunset Orange food coloring for painting

Color combinations (I used Chefmaster)
⭐Blue = 6 parts Navy Blue + 1 part Black Diamond
⭐Orange = 6 parts Sunset Orange + 1 part Black Diamond
⭐Green = add Leaf Green to the leftover orange icing
⭐Ivory = a touch of Sunset Orange + a touch of Leaf Green

➡️Instructions
Cut the plaque cookies from a chilled sheet of cookie dough. Bake the cookies according to the recipe instructions and allow them to cool completely before decorating.
Ice the plaque cookies with light blue flood consistency royal icing and a decorating tip 3. Use the scribe tool to help shape the icing.
Allow the icing to dry completely (overnight is best).
Trace the pumpkin templates on the cookies with the scribe tool.
Draw the sections of the pumpkin with the scribe tool.
Fill in every other section of the pumpkins with orange flood consistency royal icing and a decorating tip 1. Use the scribe tool to help shape the icing.
Allow the icing to dry for about 30 minutes.
Fill in the sections in the back with the orange icing.
Allow the icing to dry for about 15 minutes.
Fill in the remaining sections of the pumpkin.
Allow the icing to dry for at least 2 hours.
Combine orange and navy blue food coloring with vodka or grain alcohol.
Add a little bit of the navy blue food coloring to the orange food coloring.
Add shading to the pumpkins with the food coloring mixture using a decorating brush
Pipe a stem and a vine with green medium consistency icing and a tip 1.
Pipe a bead border around the edge with ivory medium consistency royal icing and a decorating tip 2.

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Hi, I'm Amber! My cookie decorating tutorials are filmed in my studio in upstate, New York. I'm a graduate of the baking and pastry program at the Culinary Institute of America and I've been decorating cookies professionally for over 12 years! I love sharing my techniques and I post cookie decorating tutorials with step-by-step instructions here on my YouTube channel every week. Let me know if you have any suggestions for upcoming videos!


0:00 Introduction
0:06 These plaque cookie cutters are available in my shop. Link in the description.
0:11 Ice the plaque cookies with light blue flood consistency royal icing and a decorating tip 3.
0:41 Use the scribe tool to help shape the icing.
1:02 See the description for the full supply list.
2:09 Trace the pumpkin templates on the cookies with the scribe tool.
2:29 Draw the sections of the pumpkin with the scribe tool.
2:52 Fill in every other section of the pumpkins with orange flood consistency royal icing and a decorating tip 1.
4:36 Allow the icing to dry for about 30 minutes.
4:41 Fill in the sections in the back with the orange icing.
5:09 Allow the icing to dry for about 15 minutes.
5:14 Fill in the remaining sections of the pumpkin.
6:17 Allow the icing to dry for at least 2 hours.
6:37 Add shading to the pumpkins with the food coloring mixture using a decorating brush.
6:45 A link to this brush is in the description.
7:50 Pipe a stem and a vine with green medium consistency icing and a tip 1.
8:05 Pipe a bead border around the edge with ivory medium consistency royal icing and a decorating tip 2.