Iced Pumpkin Cookies

Instructions

Cookie Directions:

1. Cream the soft butter with the sugar until the combination is smooth, not grainy to the touch in a mixing bowl.
2. Add all 4 eggs at one time...Continue to mix. -Add the vanilla. Continue mixing.
3. Sift the four, baking powder, and salt together.
4. Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture.
5. Continue mixing to make sure all ingredients are thoroughly blended.
6. Make the dough into a ball, wrap it in cling wrap completely covering the entire dough ball.
7. Put in the refrigerator for about 6 hours or overnight. Check to see if the dough is firm.
8. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
9. Pull the cookie dough out of the refrigerator and sit it out to soften up a bit.
10. Put flour out on the wood cutting board, rub flour on the rolling pin, and work some flour into the batter.
11. Roll the dough out on the cutting board and using your Pumpkin cookie cutter begin to make your cookies.
12. Line the cookie sheet with parchment paper.
13. Using a metal spatula move the cut cookie to the parchment-lined cookie sheet.
14. Bake at 325 degrees for 8 minutes. Check to see if the cookie is thoroughly baked.
15. Take the cookies off of the cookie sheet and put on a wire rack to cool completely. (About 10 minutes).

Icing Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl mixing on medium speed for 4 minutes. (except your food coloring)
2. If icing is not stiff enough add 1/4 C powder sugar.
3. Leave icing in a large bowl. Take out 3 bowls, put 1/4 C of icing in two bowls and the rest of the
4. Icing Directions:
5. Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl mixing on medium speed for 4 minutes. (except your food coloring)
6. If icing is not stiff enough add 1/4 C powder sugar.
7. Leave icing in a large bowl. Take out 3 bowls, put 1/4 C of icing in two bowls and the rest of the
8. icing on the third bowl.
9. Bowl # 1, add several drops of brown gel food coloring stirring well until all of the colors is blended. Bowl #2, add several drops of green gel food coloring stirring well until all of the colors is blended. As for the largest amount of icing add several drops of orange gel food coloring in the bowl of icing ... stir well to mix the color.
10. Spoon each of the icings into individual frosting bags with a #5 tips.... twist the open end of the bag to push the icing to the tip.

Pumpkins:

1. The first step for each of the pumpkin cookies outlines it in orange except for the stem and leaf.
2. Allow the orange outline at least 30 seconds to dry before filling the body of the cookie in with the other orange icing*. ( After outlining all of the pumpkin cookies you can push some the remaining icing into a bowl and add the 1 tsp of water and mix well to get the right consistency. Using a butter knife to spread it from the outlined part inwards to the center.
3. Outline the stem with brown icing on all of the same pumpkin cookies, fill them in with the thinner icing.
4. Outline the green leaf with the green icing on all of the same pumpkin cookies, fill them in with the thinner icing. (Leave some of the green icings in the frosting bag for additional use.)
5. Using the frosting bag with orange icing and a small tip to make the four half center markings on the pumpkin. Allow these lines to dry before adding the green lines.
6. Using the frosting bag with the green icing and a small tip add the additionally connected circles coming down from the green leaf. (Follow the pictures as provided.)
7. Set these aside and allow to completely dry about 4 hours.