Pie Crust Turkey Cookies
perfect for nibbling or decorating your Thanksgiving Pies!
Equipment
- cookie cutters
Ingredients
- refrigerated pie crust dough or homemade dough rolled out as for pie
- 1 egg beaten
- food coloring or food gel colors
- pecan halves
- decorating sugar
Instructions
- Cut dough into desired shapes with cookie cutters.
Turkeys
- Brush lightly with egg then desired color or colors. {mix yellow and red together for orange} Bake “cookies” on a sil pat or parchment lined baking sheet at 400 degrees, checking after 5 minutes. A few minutes before cookies are done add pecan “leaves” and return to oven to finish.*
- *if you add pecans too early they might burn
Pilgrim Hats
- Brush with egg and top with black sparkling sugar before baking
- Set cookies aside to cool before topping baked pie