Recipe courtesy of Food Network Kitchen
From:
Food Network Magazine
Name This Dish Turkey Cookies
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- Level: Easy
- Total: 2 hr 45 min (plus cooling)
- Active: 1 hr
- Yield: about 30 cookies
These tender vanilla cookies get the full Thanksgiving treatment. Garnished with candy corn and candy eyes, plus a sweet decorative glaze to mimic the Thanksgiving bird, these cookies will add some sweet and crafty fun to your holiday feast.
- Level: Easy
- Total: 2 hr 45 min (plus cooling)
- Active: 1 hr
- Yield: about 30 cookies
Ingredients
For the Cookies:
For the Icing and Decorating:
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Directions
- Make the cookies: Sift the cake flour, baking powder and salt onto a piece of parchment paper or into a medium bowl. Beat the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in the egg and vanilla until combined. Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the flour mixture in 2 batches until just combined. Divide the dough between 2 pieces of plastic wrap; shape into disks. Wrap and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour.
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Working with 1 disk of dough at a time, roll out the dough on a floured surface, dusting with flour as needed, until about 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick. Cut out shapes with 3-inch cookie cutters; arrange 2 inches apart on the baking sheets. (If the dough becomes too soft as you work, return to the refrigerator until firm.) Gather the scraps and refrigerate until firm; reroll once to cut out more cookies. Refrigerate the cutouts for 30 minutes.
- Make the icing: Whisk together the confectioners’ sugar and meringue powder in a medium bowl. Add the water and beat with a mixer on medium-high speed until stiff, glossy peaks form, adding up to 1 more tablespoon water as needed for a pipable consistency. Divide the icing between 2 bowls; tint one yellow and one orange with food coloring. Spoon into separate resealable plastic bags and snip a corner of each.
- Decorate the cookies: Pipe the yellow icing onto half of the perimeter of each cookie, then press about 7 pieces of candy corn into the icing with the pointed sides facing in. Use more icing to glue candy eyes onto each cookie. Using the orange icing, pipe beaks and claws onto each cookie. Let set.
