Fall Cookies For Sale

These double decker Fall cookies topped with acorns, leaves, pumpkins and pears are going to be for sale at the Trinity Artisan Fair this weekend.

I really like how the gold scalloped edge looks on the base cookies and it really wasn't hard to do. The most important thing when piping a contrasting colored edge is that the piping icing be thick enough to hold its shape yet soft enough to settle and not leave peaks. It's always a good idea to practice piping onto a plate first.

Here's how:

Bake cookies.

Using a #1 pastry tip and piping consistency icing, add your border. Let the icing dry a bit before flooding the cookie.

Flood the cookie and use a skewer to help ease the icing into the edges.

Wait for your icing to dry and then use stiff royal icing to glue your decorative cookies on top. Let the cookies dry completely before packaging.

Scalloped Heart Cookies

Initially I envisioned a fancy design for these heart sugar cookies but once I had applied the hot pink scalloped edge and creamy light pink base, I just couldn't bring myself to embellish them.

The simple design was just too sweet.

These cookies are perfect for Valentine's Day and a good choice for beginning cookie decorators.

All you need are two contrasting colors - a piping consistency icing for the border and a flood consistency icing for the base.

Here's how to make them:

Bake a batch of heart sugar cookies.

Outline the cookie with a piping consistency icing using a #1 pastry tip.

Fill with a flood consistency icing using a #2 pastry tip. Use a skewer to move the icing to the edges.