Fancy Pumpkin Cookies and Chocolate-Dipped Acorn Cookies

FFancy Pumpkin Cookies and Chocolate-Dipped Acorn CookiesI know that Thanksgiving isn’t a traditional “cookie” holiday.  Thanksgiving is filled with many desserts but not all of them are easy to personalize like the sugar cookie. These fancypumpkincookies are a great way to add a touch of elegance

to the festivities.  Why should Christmas have all the fun? 

 I have seen so many fantastic tutorials out there for highly detailed cookies, they have tons of cookie cutters that I would love to play with.  There are so many techniques and designs that I’m craving to try.  

 Sometimes when I’m decorating, I just can’t stop.  I have to remind myself to keep things simple.  Simple can still be beautiful, cute, fun, etc.  

Simple can also make decorating much more enjoyable. I really enjoyed making and decorating these fancypumpkincookies.  I didn’t go crazy with the number of colors or cookie cutters.  I kept the design simple, that was truly hard.  I was tempted to add more details here and there but yes, I held myself back.  I’m glad I did. 

 

Please click on fancypumpkincookies for recipe.

Lets move on from pumpkins to acorns.  This is a Fall-themed cookie that deserves a special spot at the Thanksgiving table…..chocolate-dippedacorncookies 

 Acorns make a beautifully festive holiday cookie.  Given their seasonal appeal, they are perfect for Thanksgiving and Christmas. These beautiful cookies take decorating to the next level. When making the cookies I decided to make two types of cookies. An acorn cookie filled

with Nutella  and a no-filling acorn cookie 

This beautiful, buttery little cookie has an essence of brown sugar, and espresso then dipped in melted chocolate and rolled in chopped almonds.

 With so little effort, you end up with a cookie that looks as if it came from a bakery – while possessing the rich flavor 

of home-baked .  Recipe is chocolate-dippedacorncookies .  

When I was making the sugar cookies I just couldn’t resist in making a coffee cup…I have to have my coffee.   Happy Thanksgiving!