cornucopia cookies
how to make Thanksgiving cornucopia cookies
- cookie dough (my go-to cookie recipes)
- royal icing
- 1-inch circle cookie or fondant cutter
- food coloring
- 5 decorating bags
- 5 couplers
- assorted decorating tips (sizes “2,” “3,” and “4”)
- rubber bands
- ice cream cones
tips on finding cookie decorating supplies
Find the circle cookie cutter at the craft store, likely as part of a set of circles. (I also used a 1 ¼-inch circle for the pumpkins, but you may use the same 1-inch circle used for the fruit.)
Find cookie decorating supplies.
For food coloring, I suggest Americolor gel pastes (Chocolate Brown, Red, Electric Green, Orange and Egg Yellow).
step one: bake your cookies
Prepare cookie dough according to the recipe. Roll out chilled cookie dough, cut out mini circles (about 6 to 8 for each cone) and bake according to the recipe. NOTE: For pears, pinch the top of the mini circle a bit before baking.
step two: prepare your icing
Make your icing. Prepare royal icing, divide and tint your colors: brown, red, green, yellow and orange. Prepare decorating bags with couplers and tips, fill with your colors and close tightly with rubber bands.
step three: decorate
Decorate your pumpkins and fruit. Decorate apples, pumpkins and pears.
For each, pipe a brown stem with a size “2” tip. Then pipe an apple, pumpkin or pear outline with a size “3” tip in red or yellow, orange and green, respectively, as shown below.
Let set about 15 minutes. Change the tips on the red or yellow, orange and green to size “4” and fill the fruit. With a size “3” tip green, pipe leaves on the apples, if desired. Let the cookies dry well, preferably overnight.
Arrange your cornucopias. Fill an ice cream cone with 6 to 8 cookies and arrange on each plate.
cornucopia cookies
Fun Thanksgiving idea: Cornucopia cookies in ice cream cones
Ingredients
- cookie dough (my go-to cookie recipes)
- royal icing
- 1-inch circle cookie or fondant cutter
- food coloring
- 5 decorating bags
- 5 couplers
- assorted decorating tips (sizes “2,” “3,” and “4”)
- rubber bands
- ice cream cones
Instructions
Prepare cookie dough according to the recipe. Roll out chilled cookie dough, cut out mini circles (about 6 to 8 for each cone) and bake according to the recipe. NOTE: For pears, pinch the top of the mini circle a bit before baking
Make your icing. Prepare royal icing, divide and tint your colors: brown, red, green, yellow and orange. Prepare decorating bags with couplers and tips, fill with your colors and close tightly with rubber bands.
To decorate, pipe a brown stem with a size “2” tip. Then pipe an apple, pumpkin or pear outline with a size “3” tip in red or yellow, orange and green, respectively, as shown below.
Let set about 15 minutes. Change the tips on the red or yellow, orange and green to size “4” and fill the fruit. With a size “3” tip green, pipe leaves on the apples, if desired. Let the cookies dry well, preferably overnight.
Arrange your cornucopias. Fill an ice cream cone with 6 to 8 cookies and arrange on each plate.
Notes
Visit the blog for royal icing and sugar cookie recipes.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12 conesServing Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 70Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 4mgSodium: 33mgCarbohydrates: 11gFiber: 0gSugar: 8gProtein: 1g
Pop.O.Licious Cake Pops says
These are so adorable! Good work. My kids would love them too.
Joan@chocolateandmore says
Love the idea of using an ice cream cone, how smart, heading over to Celebrations now!
Amy says
These are adorable!
Paula says
Only you would think of the ice cream cone! Brilliant and the cookies are adorable.
Victoria (The District Chocoholic) says
!!! the cuteness continues to overwhelm me. And I'm impressed with the fine detail on those cookies.
maria says
It´s very pretty! muy original! 1 saludo de uvaspanyqueso
Bediels & Co. (Jen) says
such a cute idea!
Bediels & Co. (Jen) says
such a cute idea!
Bediels & Co. (Jen) says
such a cute idea!
sue says
how cute is that? The ice cream cone in genious.
Trish - Sweetology101 says
This is spectacular!!
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aMerAZN says
They are all so cute~! Love the ice cream cone idea~ Awesome~ =D
Pink Little Cake says
So adorable ! By the way, I am so glad you posted "the Mr. Melty" info on your side bar. I just saw it in a magazine somewhere in which of course they don't give you credit for it and poor Melty is so popular in Winter.
Sweet Kiera says
This is so cute & clever!
Sue says
This is so adorable and clever! I want to make some for my munchkins! I love that the cone serves a dual purpose as the cornucopia decoration, and a transportable cookie cup:) Already pinned!
Bird says
Meaghan, these are AWESOME like everything you do!!Thank you for the love, sweet comment and feature on Craft Gossip!! I've been banned from commenting on Facebook for 2 days (trying to thank too many people..) so will share properly when the ban is lifted lolOh, I sooooo want a copy of your book! Will keep an eye out for it!! ;DYOU ROCK!!XOXOBird
Lindsey Johnson says
Meaghan–these are so darling! I hope you don't mind that I submitted it to Make and Takes spotlight page. (www.makeandtakes.com/spotlight)
Theresa says
Great Idea! Great bite size cookies!
Bruce says
Thanks for these amazing cookie recipe Christmas Cookie Recipes