These adorable little sugar cookies look just like pumpkin pie but taste like the delicious sugar cookies they are. They’re so fun for Thanksgiving!
I love this Pumpkin Pie sugar cookie recipe – first because it’s just so cute, and second because it is pumpkin-themed without the pumpkin flavor!
While they look like little pumpkin pies, they taste like a regular yummy sugar cookies. They’re perfect for a special treat for the kids on Thanksgiving!
For adults who may be more able to resist eating their dessert until the end of the meal, you can turn them into unique place cards. Just use white icing to pipe the name of each guest onto a cookie and use it to adorn their place at the table.
Pumpkin Pie Sugar Cookie Recipe
INGREDIENTS
3 cup Flour
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 cup softened Butter
1 1/2 cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 tsp Vanilla
Wilton Orange Cookie Icing
Can Whipped Cream
ICING INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup softened Butter
1 tbsp Milk
2 cup Powdered Sugar
1/2 tbsp Cocoa Powder
How to Make Pumpkin Pie Sugar Cookies:
Combine dry ingredients and set aside
Cream butter and sugar.
Add beaten egg and vanilla.
Gradually add in dry ingredients.
Take teaspoon size pieces, roll into balls and place on parchment lined cookie sheet.
Bake in 375 degree oven about 8-10 minutes (watch for edges to begin to turn lightly brown).
Leave on cookie sheet for several minutes before moving to cooling rack.
After cookies are cool cover top of cookie in orange icing.
Allow to dry.
In a large bowl, cream the butter.
Mix in the sugar one cup at a time.
Add cocoa powder and mix until color is uniform.
Beat in the milk mixing until fluffy.
Transfer icing to a piping bag.
Refrigerate to firm.
Pipe a ring around the cookie to look like crust.
Put a tiny dollop of whipped cream in center of cookie.
Pumpkin Pie Sugar Cookies
These fun cookies look like pumpkin pies but taste like the delicious sugar cookies they really are.
Ingredients
- 3 cup Flour
- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 cup softened Butter
- 1 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- Wilton Orange Cookie Icing
- Can Whipped Cream
Instructions
- Combine dry ingredients and set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar.
- Add beaten egg and vanilla.
- Gradually add in dry ingredients.
- Take teaspoon size pieces, roll into balls and place on parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Bake in 375 degree oven about 8-10 minutes (watch for edges to begin to turn lightly brown).
- Leave on cookie sheet for several minutes before moving to cooling rack.
- After cookies are cool cover top of cookie in orange icing.
- Allow to dry.In a large bowl, cream the butter.
- Mix in the sugar one cup at a time.Add cocoa powder and mix until color is uniform.
- Beat in the milk mixing until fluffy.
- Transfer icing to a piping bag.
- Refrigerate to firm.
- Pipe a ring around the cookie to look like crust.
- Put a tiny dollop of whipped cream in center of cookie.
Michal says
Wow! that is such pretty!
Wendy T says
I like this idea. I think I may borrow it for Christmas at work and just switch it up to green and red colors. That’s another good thing about this idea, is it can be tweaked for different occasions. I’d been looking for that other little thing for work and I think this is it.
shelleyb says
These cookies look great! I did a double take at pictures- they did look like little pumpkin pies! How clever! thanks for sharing!
Richard Hicks says
These are really neat. I am a pumpkin pie lover and want to try these cookies out!
Rosie says
How cute! I love sugar cookies, both making them and eating them! However, I haven’t been able to conquer decorating them to come out fun! These I can handle and the result is wonderful!! Great idea to use them as ‘place cards.’ Everyone likes something with his or her name on it!!
Sarah L says
Those are the cutest cookies I’ve ever seen. I’d have to get better at piping or mine wouldn’t look as great.
judy gardner says
these are adorable! while i do like pumpkin flavored cookies, not many of the little ones in our family do. so like you said this would be a great treat for them at Thanksgiving, especially for the really little ones who can hold their own cookie but are still working on eating with a fork.
Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell says
These are just about the cutest things ever! Love and I’m pinning!
Tammilee Tillison says
What a cute idea! I would love to serve these at Thanksgiving.
Shauna says
Yummy, these look delish!
Jennifer Wagner says
I love this idea. I prefer cookies to pie so this recipe is great. Also, cookies are much easier to make. Thanks for this idea.
Marysa says
These are so cute! I love this idea. And my kids are not a fan of pumpkin pie, but I bet they would love these!