Sugar Cookies for Fall
This past week I made sugar cookies for a friend’s daughter to take to school for her birthday. The theme was “Fall”, and I had a blast trying out some new cookie decorations. The cookies turned out pretty well so I thought I’d share them here if anyone needs a little decorating inspiration! I used this cookie cutter set from Wilton for the acorns and leaves, plus a random pumpkin cookie cutter that I’ve had for ages.
Sorry about the not so great pictures. It was late, the icing was still wet, and I just set the cookie sheet on the kitchen floor and snapped away. On a positive note, I did figure out how to change my auto white balance setting on my camera. 
The decorating was pretty straight forward and simple. I’ve learned that my cookies turn out better when I stick to straight lines and don’t try anything incredibly artistic. I thought these turned out pretty cute, and they were very fun to make. If you’re just getting into cookie decorating, I recommend starting with simple, one color designs like these. I used a glaze icing (link to the recipe below) to outline around the cookies and flood the inside. Then I just piped a few decorations onto the cookies once the flood icing had dried. It turns out that for me, simple is the way to go.
Recipe: Sugar Cookies with Glaze Icing (plus a few tips on baking sugar cookies!)
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Sarah K. @ The Pajama Chef - these look great! i do love pillowy cookies :)
Elizabeth G. Howard (@smallstate) - Hi Megan! The kids and I just made these yesterday, following the...
Joanne - These look so delicious, and plan to bake these for a friend who ...
Gloria - I made these for my husband's 65th birthday dinner. I was going t...
SnoWhite @ Finding Joy in My Kitchen — October 26, 2011 @ 10:49 pm
these are adorable!! want to send me some?
Meagan — October 26, 2011 @ 11:01 pm
How cute! I love the acorns
Sommer@ASpicyPerspective — October 27, 2011 @ 9:43 am
Awe Megan, those are so cute!!
Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts — October 27, 2011 @ 10:37 am
These are super cute! For just putting them on the kitchen floor and shooting away, these pictures are amazing! I wish mine could turn out like that!
megan replied: — October 27th, 2011 @ 10:39 am
Picasa editing helped quite a bit
Lauren at Keep It Sweet — October 27, 2011 @ 10:43 am
These cookies are absolutely adorable!
Cookbook Queen — October 27, 2011 @ 10:44 am
So pretty! Love the colors.
Rachel @ Baked by Rachel — October 27, 2011 @ 11:05 am
They turned out so cute!
sippitysup — October 27, 2011 @ 12:56 pm
I hope some of those cookies “fall” my way. GREG
sarah k @ the pajama chef — October 27, 2011 @ 3:18 pm
these are so adorable, megan!
Heather | Farmgirl Gourmet — October 27, 2011 @ 4:49 pm
Totally cute Megan. I’ll have 6 please.
Kathy - Panini Happy — October 27, 2011 @ 5:06 pm
These are so pretty and festive, Megan!
Tracy Wood — October 27, 2011 @ 5:15 pm
Your cookies are darling!! I was actually going to make pumpkin sugar cookies this afternoon for my students, but I can assure you, they won’t be nearly as pretty as yours!
Nutmeg Nanny — October 27, 2011 @ 7:44 pm
These cookies look amazing! You’re such a talented cookie designer
Baking Serendipity — October 27, 2011 @ 11:42 pm
These cookies are such fun
If this is a simple version though…I might need simpler! I don’t have a steady enough hand or enough patience or something for cookie/cake decorating.
Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen — October 28, 2011 @ 3:18 am
How pretty! I love the decoration on the acorns.
Barbara — October 28, 2011 @ 8:30 am
Your fall cookies are adorable, Megan!
Maria — October 28, 2011 @ 8:59 am
Love the bright colors! SO fun!
Erin — October 28, 2011 @ 2:41 pm
These are so cute! I just love all things seasonal!
Kelsey — October 28, 2011 @ 5:23 pm
These are so cute, Megan! I’m so glad there are still schools out there that allow homemade treats. Mine doesn’t and it drives me nuts!
Kate@Diethood — October 29, 2011 @ 11:22 am
WOW! How pretty!!
Autumn@Good Eats Girl — October 29, 2011 @ 2:47 pm
These are adorable!!! I need to make sugar cookies more often!
Alejandra — October 29, 2011 @ 11:19 pm
Those are gorgeous!! I love the acorn ones especially!
Diane {Created by Diane} — October 31, 2011 @ 2:37 am
very pretty!
Eliana — November 15, 2011 @ 10:39 am
Megan – you are one talented cookie decorator! These look amazing!!!!