Pilgrim Hat Cookies Food

PILGRIM HAT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small shallow bowl, combine frosting and food coloring. Remove paper liners from peanut butter cups., Holding the bottom of a peanut butter cup, dip top of cup in yellow frosting. Position over center hole on the bottom of cookie, forming the hatband and crown. Add a buckle of one orange bubblegum bit. Repeat with remaining cups and cookies.

PILGRIM HAT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325F degrees.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder and salt.
• In a separate bowl, using a mixer set on high, beat butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy.
• Stir in flour mixture; beat on medium until dough forms, about 2 minutes.
• On a lightly floured surface, using a floured rolling pin, roll dough to a 1/4-inch thickness.
• Cut out shapes with a hat-shaped cookie cutter, approximately 2 3/4 x 2 inches.
• (Or print out our hat template and use to cut out shapes.) Place shapes on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake cookies until firm, about 15 minutes.
• Transfer cookies to a wire rack; cool completely.
• Place white chocolate in a small resealable plastic bag.
• Microwave on MEDIUM at 30-second intervals until softened.
• Knead bag with hands to smooth chocolate; snip off 1 corner.
• Pipe chocolate onto each cookie for the hat buckles.
• Before chocolate sets, sprinkle buckles with yellow sugar.
• Continue piping white chocolate around the cookies to form hatbands.
• Set cookies aside to dry, about 30 minutes.

PILGRIM HAT COOKIES

Steps:

• Place cookies on work surface; squeeze a dime size dot of frosting in the center of each cookie.
• Unwrap and invert peanut butter cups on frosting, press down gently.
• Let dry overnight or at least 10 - 15 minutes until frosting is set. If drying overnight please store in an airtight container so the cookies do not get soggy.
• Using round piping tip or writing tip, (if you don't have tips you can make your own frosting, put it in a ziplock sandwich bag and just cut the corner of the bag) pipe a hat band (single line) with frosting around the peanut butter cup and a square buckle.
• Let frosting set before storing.
• My son insists we should use yellow frosting so it would be correct but I think the orange that the directions call for looks nicer than yellow.

PILGRIM HAT COOKIES

Steps:

• Place fudge striped cookie face down.
• Place some of the icing in a baggie and snip of the tip of the baggie.
• Pipe icing around the hole in the center of the cookie. *Don't be stingy!!!
• Place peanut butter cup on the icing and push down slightly until the icing is see around the peanut butter cup.
• Pipe another small dot of icing on the front of the peanut butter cup and place a Reese's piece or a plain M&M.
• Enjoy!!!