FINALLY here are the highly anticipated pumpkin sugar cookies I shared in this post that I promised I would share soon! And what did I make these for?? Well for Whatever Dee Dee Wants Give Thanks Series of course!
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, her Series is perfect for finding cute holiday ideas, delicious recipes and super festive decorating. So when she asked me to join in on all the fun, I thought my pumpkin cookies would make the perfect addition!
I had so much fun making these lightened up sugar cookies and was really surprised at how simple they were. To make them “skinnier”, I used egg whites and substituted the sugar with Splenda Sugar Blend which lowered the calories tremendously. Since there is already a lot of sugar used to make the icing, Splenda works perfect for your cookies! Oh and speaking of icing…if you’ve ever heard of piping and flooding Royal Icing then you know how gorgeous cookies turn out when using that method. And you also know how daunting the task can be if you’ve never tried it. Yikes.
I’ll admit this was my very first attempt at making {and using} Royal Icing, but truth be told I LOVED it!! I, of course, went to the Queen of cookie decorating herself, Bridget from Bake at 350, for help and found some amazing tutorials! This made the process so much easier and I’m happy to share that knowledge now with all of you.
The end result?
Super cute pumpkin cookies fit for any special gathering or holiday party. They also make great gifts! I brought mine to work for all my co-workers and everyone loved them.
So for this recipe and other tasty holiday treats, head on over to Dee Dee's Give Thanks Series and check them out! Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!
22 lovely comments:
wow, your cookies are super cute.
Happy Weekend!!!
These cookies sound so yummy!
These look so pretty and yummy! thanks for sharing!
xoxo
Petchie
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Oh my...these are so adorable!!
How colourful and pretty!
Those are ADORABLE Kelly! Love love love!! Wish I could sample one! :)
These are adorable Kelly! As ancient as I am *cough cough* I have never worked with royal icing. It always intimidated me. Maybe you will be my inspiration to try.
Looks so pretty~!!! I would never be able to eat it!
Oh gosh~~All of these beaaauuutifulll baked goods around the blogosphere make me want to have or be part of a huge bake sale! :P
These are adorable! I love how you packaged them up :) I'd love to have been your co-worker the day you brought them in to share!
Awwe, these look absolutely perfect! Lovely colors :)
You did a great job. Hard to believe this was a first attempt and really too cute.
I was never a huge fan of sugar cookies because you have to decorate them, but now I love them and these cookies are just adorable!! I have been in the mood for a good sugar cookie to, thanks for sharing the blog to get the recipe!
OMG Kelly. These are rflipping adorable. I die.
These cookies are so cute!!! Great job!
Happy Thanksgiving these are so adorable!
LOVE! Happy Thanksgiving!!
These look super yummy! I love the frosting decoration. :)
How adorable! I know I will me baking a ton of sugar cookies coming up. I am marking this recipe for later.
These pumpkin cookies are adorable! I hope I can find time to squeeze these onto the menu as a little take home treat! (Everyone is almost always too full for dessert!)
I'm a little intimidated at the thought of using royal icing so thank you for the tip! I would love a tutorial to boost my confidence!
These cookies are CUTE! Love them! The icing is so bright and nice looking. Well done!
These cookies are adorable! You did a fantastic job & I love your new blog design! It looks fantastic Kelly :)
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