Giant Pumpkin Cookies
Halloween-inspired giant pumpkin-shaped cookies decorated with orange royal icing.
Ingredients
cake flour
265 g (9 1/2 oz)
baking powder
1 tsp
salt
1/4 tsp
unsalted butter
115 g (4 oz)
granulated sugar
100 g (3 1/2 oz)
eggs
2
vanilla extract
1 tsp
powdered sugar (icing sugar)
250 g (9 oz)
milk (for icing)
4 tbsp
orange food coloring
to taste
black food coloring
to taste
royal icing (for decoration)
to taste
orange and green sprinkles
to taste
Instructions
1
Preheat preparation
Preheat oven to 175°C
2
Mix dry ingredients
Sift together the cake flour, baking powder, and salt
3
Mix wet ingredients
Cream the butter and sugar, then add the eggs and vanilla extract
4
Combine dough
Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and knead into a smooth dough. Wrap in parchment paper and chill until firm
5
Roll and cut
Roll the dough to 6 mm thickness, cut out large pumpkin shapes, and transfer to a baking sheet
6
Bake
Bake for 12–15 minutes until golden. Cool on the baking sheet, then transfer to a wire rack
7
Decorate
Once completely cooled, mix the icing ingredients, decorate the cookies, and optionally garnish with orange and green sprinkles and royal icing
