Mickey Mouse Pumpkin Cookies
Say boo to family and friends with these delicious Mickey Mouse Pumpkin Cookies. You will love this easy-to-follow Disney recipe. These cookies are perfect for kids and adults to enjoy before, during, and even after Halloween.
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Mickey Mouse Pumpkin Cookies
Nothing beats getting ready for Halloween than gathering your ingredients and preparing some homemade holiday-themed baked goods. Rather than buying pre-made cookies at the store, most of which are dry, hard as a rock, and flavorless, you can make these cute and tasty Mickey Mouse Pumpkin Cookies alone or with the kids by your side to lend a helping hand!
Must-Have Mickey Pumpkin Cookie Ingredients
Making cookies from scratch means having quite a few baking ingredients. While you’ll need several essential items, you’ll appreciate the outcome of these cookies from the time and effort spent on them!
- Flour – Start with the flour to begin preparing the homemade cookie dough.
- Powdered Sugar – Give your cookies a sweet touch with the addition of powdered sugar.
- Vanilla Extract – Add notes of vanilla to each bite with vanilla extract.
- Almond Extract – Enhance the overall taste of these cookies even further by including some almond extract in the mix.
- Baking Soda – Make sure your cookies have the ideal texture by including baking soda in your cookie dough mixture.
- Sweet Cream Butter – Grab the unsalted version of this butter and let it sit out to soften.
You’ll also need cream of tartar and a large egg for the cookie dough. In addition to these ingredients, make sure you have what you need to prepare the royal icing, such as egg whites, sugar, food coloring, more cream of tartar, etc.
Supplies Needed To Make Mickey Mouse Halloween Cookies
Mickey Pumpkin Cookie Variations
Try different variations of these cookies to customize them to your liking. These are some other fun ideas:
- Give your cookies a slight coconut-like taste by replacing the almond extract with coconut extract.
- If you’re a fan of bananas, you can replace the almond extract with banana extract, too.
- Lemon extract is another great option for these cookies. It gives them a slightly zesty taste that pairs well with the royal icing.
Where can I find a Mickey Mouse head cookie cutter?
If you can’t find a Mickey Mouse cookie cutter in the grocery store or a spot like Target and Walmart, you can find it online and order it ahead of time to prepare these cookies.
What can I do if the dough is still sticky before I bake these cookies?
When the dough is still a bit too sticky, try beating ¼ cup of flour into the mixture to make it less sticky.
Are these cookies hard or soft?
These cookies are the perfect cross between the two. They’re not too soft, but they’re also not hard as a rock. They have a crispy, crunchy texture that is perfect for everyone, young and old!
Looking for a recipe for Halloween cookies you can prepare with the kids? Give these Mickey Pumpkin Cookies a try. They’re fun to prepare from scratch and are easy to decorate with the royal icing!
More Easy Halloween Recipes
- Mickey Mouse Mummy Cookies
- Cauldron Corn
- Frankenstein Cupcakes In A Jar
- Halloween Hot Cocoa Bombs
- Hocus Pocus Brownies
- Minnie Cauldron Cakes
Mickey Mouse Pumpkin Cookies
Say boo to family and friends with these delicious Mickey Mouse Pumpkin Cookies. You will love this easy-to-follow Disney recipe. These cookies are perfect for kids and adults to enjoy before, during, and even after Halloween.
Ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups Powdered Sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon pure almond extract
- 1 cup unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 2 3⁄4 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 - 3 in Mickey Mouse Head cookie cutter
- Royal Icing
- 4 large egg whites
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 6 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon pure almond extract
- Orange, Brown and Green gel food coloring
- 3 disposable piping bags
- 2 - #3 tip
- 1 - #68 tip
- 1 edible black marker
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line two cookie sheets with a silicone mat.
- Using a standing mixer, beat the powdered sugar, egg, vanilla, almond, and butter until light and fluffy.
- Using a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar.
- Gradually beat in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until a dough forms.
- If the dough is still sticky, beat in 1⁄4 cup of flour into the dough until a non sticky dough forms.
- Sprinkle flour onto a cutting board and roll out the cookie dough to about 1/4 inch thickness.
- Cut out the Mickey Mouse shapes and place onto the cookie sheet.
- Bake in the oven for 8 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely
- Royal icing Directions
- Using a standing mixer, beat the egg whites, cream of tartar, pure vanilla extract, pure almondextract and powdered sugar until combined, and stiff with peaks.
- Continue to beat for about 6-7 minutes on medium speed.
- Scoop about 3 cups of icing into 1 bowl and mix in a few drops of orange food coloring into the bowl.
- Scoop 1 cup into the piping bag fitted with #3 tip.
- Mix in 1 tablespoon of water into the rest of the orange icing and pour into a squeeze bottle.
- Scoop 1 cup of the white icing into another bowl and mix in a few drops of the brown gel food coloring.
- Scoop the brown icing into the second piping bag with #3 tip.
- Using the rest of the white icing, mix in a few drops of green gel food coloring and scoop icing into the third piping bag with #68 tip.
- Using the black edible marker, draw out the lines of the pumpkin on the cookies.
- Using the orange piping bag, pipe outlines of the pumpkin on the cookies.
- Using the squeeze bottle, fill in the pumpkins.
- Allow the orange icing to harden for an hour before piping a brown stem and green leaf.
- Allow to harden for a few hours before enjoying!
