Pumpkin Color Royal Icing

To create these adorable Royal Icing Pumpkins you need a batch of royal icing, a few decorating tips, and some food coloring. The recipe for the royal icing is the same recipe as my Candy Buttons. To achieve the pumpkin colors I used AmeriColor Soft Gel Paste - Orange for the pumpkin, and a drop each of the Leaf Green and Mint Green for the stem.

All you need is: Stiff orange royal icing {my recipe is HERE} Stiff green royal icing Any type of star tip {I used a #18} A #2 tip Prepare cookie sheets by taping waxed paper to them with painters tape. Start by forming the body of the pumpkin. The tip should be at about a 45 degree angle to the cookie sheet.

Apply firm pressure, pull the tip away until the pumpkin is about half an inch long. Download your Free pumpkin royal icing transfers! I have three different pumpkin designs and each comes in three different sizes. Happy Pumpkin Color Palette and Icing Color Formulas Use this icing color palette and the formulas to make icing for your next fall or pumpkin cookie project! I used Chefmaster brand food coloring for all of these formulas.

If you're not sure what the "parts" mean, or how to use these formulas, check out THIS POST for detailed step-by-step photos! For the royal icing: Confectioners' sugar. Also known as powdered sugar, it has a fine, powdery texture that dissolves easily to create a smooth, glossy surface that hardens as it dries.

Milk. It helps achieve the desired consistency while maintaining the icing's ability to dry and harden. Food coloring.

To dye the icing a vibrant pumpkin color (or any color you like). Royal Icing Pumpkins Create your very own pumpkin patch. It's easy, trust me! I had leftover royal icing from decorating cookies and tinted 1 cup of it orange and a 1/4 cup of it green.

I use Callye, Sweet Sugar Belle's Royal Icing Recipe. I used a #10 piping tip and piped out a pumpkin shape onto parchment paper on a cookie sheet pan. Why You'll Love These Royal Icing Pumpkin Cookies Perfect for fall decorating - These cookies give you a fun canvas to practice your decorating skills with the smooth royal icing, making them ideal for Halloween parties or autumn gatherings.

Simple ingredients you probably have - No fancy ingredients needed here - just basic baking staples like butter, sugar, flour, and confectioners. My Pumpkin Spice cookie recipe is delicious with vanilla royal icing, but I'd bet it would be even better with maple, coffee, or cinnamon royal icing! LorAnn Oils Bakery Emulsions are my favorite flavorings to use for baking (don't let the name fool you, they are oil-free, which is a must when working with royal icing!). Once you've made the template and covered it with the wax paper your ready to make your pumpkin royal icing decorations.

The fun thing about making your own edible decorations is you can make them any color and size you want. Purple, blue and white pumpkins add a little character to your cookies and keep things fun. Begin piping the pumpkins by piping the outside sections first and letting.

Recipes, step-by-step instructions and everything you need to know to decorate these pumpkin shaped cookies with royal icing!