Pumpkin Latte Decorated Cookies (Tutorial)

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Pumpkin lattes.......they are all the rage during this harvest season.
I have family members that are crazy about them. 

Here's a YouTube video to show the entire process to make pumpkin latte cookies.

Using a cookie cutter with a mug shape that includes whipped cream piled on top (see links below), it's fairly easy to decorate a cookie up for the pumpkin latte season.

The video shares all the details.....first the mug body, then the handle, then the layers of "whipped cream" with a sprinkle of actual cinnamon on top. :)
And be sure to include either a cute pumpkin cookie on the front of the mug, or cut a mini pumpkin shape into partially dried glaze and then decorate the shape with piped glaze.

Here's some potential mug cutters to use:
Hot Cocoa Mug #1 by BobbisCookiesCutters
Hot Cocoa Mug #2 by BobbisCookiesCutters
Hot Cocoa Mug #3 by BobbisCookiesCutters
Tall Mug by TheCookieBoxCCS
Short Mug by TheCookieBoxCCS

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Cherry Sweet Decorated Cookie Collection

Oh for the love of sweet luscious cherries........
Happy Summer everyone!

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Lattice Cherry Pie Decorated Cookie (Tutorial)

Let's continue with the cherry theme by making a lattice cherry pie.
Yum!

The lattice portion of the pie is formed with cookie dough in a similar fashion as a real pie crust.
Sugar cookie dough can be a bit finicky to work with, so it may take more than one try to
roll it out (don't roll it too thin), cut long strips and weave those strips together as shown below.
Make the total weaved dough area bigger than the round cutter you are using for your "pie".

Cut the weaved dough with the round cutter and using a pancake turner,

carefully transfer it to the cookie sheet for baking.

You can decorate the baked weaved dough all by itself to represent a cherry pie,
or you can create a crust and base for the cherry pie.
I did both so you could see the difference.
 
Below is a base cookie on the right.
To make the crust, cut the same shape again, but use a smaller round cutter to cut out the center
(see bottom right cookie).
Carefully lay the "crust" on top of the base cookie before baking (top left cookie).

Once baked, it's time to add the "cherry pie filling". :)

For the base pie cookie with crust, fill the center with red icing.

(see photo below)

Place the weaved crust over the top of the base cookie,

and then add icing in between all the weaves.

If you are only going to decorate the weaved dough (and not have a base cookie underneath),

place it on parchment paper before adding red icing in between all the weaves.

This will catch all the icing the falls underneath the cookie, 

and allow for easy removal of the dried cookies from their surface.

Dry the cookies overnight.

Brush dry caramel luster dust over the crust to given it a "golden brown" look.

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Cherries Decorated Cookie (Tutorial)

Probably one of the best things about summer is all the available fresh fruit.
And cherries are top on my list of favorite summer fruits!

I was hoping to have a custom cutter for this shape (the photos show hand cut cookies),
but it didn't work out.
Here's a similar cherry cutter you could use for this design.

You'll need red, dark pink and green icings for this design.

Outline one of the cherries as seen below. While it is still wet,
add a dark pink swirl line around the stem attachment area and down one side of the cherry.

Wait about 15 minutes to add the second cherry.

Outline and flood the leaf and add a stem as shown below.

After the cherries have dried for approximately 1 hour,

use a cake tester to poke a hole where the stem will come out and 

make a line up to the top of the cherry for the stem to "lay" in.

(see photo below)

Allow the leaf to dry for about one hour, and use a cake tester to make vein lines as shown below.

Add stems to each of the cherries and join them to the leaf at the top of the cookie.

Add a small brown dot above the stems and leaves.

(see photo below)

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Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie Cookies (Tutorial)

It's a little embarassing to see how many different kinds of pie cookies I've made over the years.
I think it is definitely a sign to all of you how much I love pie. :)

Pumpkin pie is a Thanksgiving icon.
And it is also super yummy.

You can make pie for all the pie lovers and pie cookies for all the cookie lovers. ;)

There's nothing new about the idea of making a pie slice out of a triangle-shaped cookie.
But I tried to put a different spin on it by using sugar cookie dough to form the "pie crust" too.

Once the triangle cookies are cut, add left over cookie dough to the wide edge of the cookies

to form a "hand made crust" just like grandma makes. :)

(see photo below)

After the cookies are baked, outline and flood the entire cookie (except the crust) with orange glaze.

 Dry cookies overnight.

Brush some dry caramel and chocolate dusts onto the crust to give it a realistic baked look.

If desired, add a dollop of "whipped cream" (white edible clay) with a #18 star tip.

(Be sure to knead in a tiny amount of water to the clay to make it pipe-able.)

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