These piped flower cookies for fall are so easy to make, they are perfect even for beginner cookie decorators. Video how-tos below. 

piped flower cookies for Fall 

Every year I start thinking of Fall when it’s still nearing 100 degrees outside. It’s my favorite season. Bring on the scarves and pumpkin spice and leaf-themed wreaths. I’m not exactly sure what type of flower these piped flower cookies for Fall are, as I’m no expert at growing things. Mums maybe? Asters? 

more fall treats

Looking for more fun and easy treats this season? 

• make leaf and pumpkin cookies
• try easy pumpkin marshmallows 
• silly squirrel cookies 

frosting vs royal icing

Ordinarily, you would use royal icing to decorate cookies. Royal icing dries hard and works very well for flat designs. These fall flower cookies with royal icing are a great example. 

However, to make the piped flower cookies, I use bakery frosting, which is used to decorate cakes and cupcakes, to give the design a dimensional look.

Bakery frosting (which combines butter and shortening with powdered sugar and milk), buttercream frosting (butter, powdered sugar, and milk), Swiss meringue frosting… any frosting you would use to decorate cakes to make dimensional designs can be substituted here.

Keep in mind that such frostings do NOT fully set like royal icing, so your cookies can not be stacked or wrapped. 

how to make piped flower cookies for fall

you will need:

• cut-out sugar cookie dough
• bakery frosting
• circle cookie cutter (2 1/4  inch)
• food coloring (Red Red, Orange, and Egg Yellow)
• 3 disposable decorating bags
• 3 couplers 
• 3 size “5” decorating tips
• yellow candy melts 

what to do:

Prepare cookie dough according to the recipe. Chill, roll out, cut out circles, and bake following recipe directions. Let cool.

Prepare bakery frosting. Divide and tint red, orange, and yellow. Assemble decorating bags with couplers and tips. Fill with each color and close tightly with rubber bands. 

To decorate each cookie, start at the outer edge. Pipe a dot of frosting and pull toward the center to make a small tear drop shape. Pipe tear drops around the outer edge. Slightly overlapping, pipe a second set of tear drops in a circle just inside the outer edge. Place a candy melt in the center. 

Yield: 25 cookies

piped flower cookies

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EASY piped flower cookies for fall!

Ingredients

• cut-out sugar cookie dough
• bakery frosting
• circle cookie cutter (2 1/4  inch)
• food coloring (Red Red, Orange, and Egg Yellow)
• 3 disposable decorating bags
• 3 couplers 
• 3 size "5" decorating tips
• yellow candy melts

Instructions

Prepare cookie dough according to the recipe. Chill, roll out, cut out circles, and bake following recipe directions. Let cool.

Prepare bakery frosting. Divide and tint red, orange, and yellow. Assemble decorating bags with couplers and tips. Fill with each color and close tightly with rubber bands. 

To decorate each cookie, start at the outer edge. Pipe a dot of frosting and pull toward the center to make a small tear drop shape. Pipe tear drops around the outer edge. Slightly overlapping, pipe a second set of tear drops in a circle just inside the outer edge. Place a candy melt in the center. 

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

24

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 19Total Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 11mgCarbohydrates: 3gFiber: 0gSugar: 2gProtein: 0g

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