These delicious Winnie The Pooh Cookies are easy to make with the children and look as good as they taste.
Cookie Ingredients:
1 C of unsalted sweet cream butter softened
1 1/2 C Powder sugar
1tsp vanilla
1 egg
3 C of flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
Cookie Cutter: Winnie the Pooh shaped cookie cutter
Icing ingredients
4 egg whites
1/2 tsp cream of
1/2 tsp vanilla
4 1/2 C powder sugar
Golden Yellow and Black gel food coloring
2 disposable piping bags fitted with a number 2 tip
1 squeeze bottles
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside
Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, powder sugar, vanilla and egg and mix until combined and creamy
Using a large bowl, combined the flour, baking soda and cream of tarter
Gradually add in the dry ingredients and mix on low speed
Using your hands continue to mix until fully combined
Lightly flour a cutting board and knead the cookie dough a couple of times
Roll out the dough to about 1/2 inch thick
Cut out 12 pooh faces and place onto a cookie sheet
Bake for 8 minutes or until lightly golden brown
Repeat steps until completely out of dough
Let cookies cool completely
Royal Icing Directions:
Using the standing mixer, combine the egg whites, cream of tarter, vanilla and powder sugar and mix until combined and stiff peaks form
Split the icing into 2 bowls
Add in a few drops of the Golden yellow gel color into one bowl and mix until combined
Add in a few drops of the Black gel color into the second bowl and mix until combined
Scoop some icing into the piping bags and set aside
Add in a few tablespoons of water into the remaining Golden yellow icing and mix until combined
Pour the Golden Yellow icing into the squeeze bottle
Using the Golden Yellow piping bag, pipe a outline around the cookies
Fill in with the thinner Golden Yellow icing
Let cookies dry overnight
Using the black piping bags, pipe the detail of Pooh’s face onto the cookie
Let cookies dry for an hour before enjoying.
