Turkey Pilgrim Cookies Recipes

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.

Steps:

• Insert seven pieces of candy corn in a fan shape into half of the Double Stuf cookies. Position each cookie perpendicular to a remaining Double Stuf cookie; attach with chocolate frosting., Using chocolate frosting, attach a peanut butter cup and a kiss to the front of each cookie. Tint vanilla frosting orange. For eyes, attach two marshmallow halves to each kiss with a small amount of orange frosting., Twist mini cookies apart; remove and discard cream filling. Attach a Rolo to each mini cookie half with chocolate frosting and attach to tops of turkeys., Using remaining frosting, pipe pupils, mouths and legs on turkeys. Let stand until set.

Steps:

• Place the chocolate chips in a medium stainless steel or glass bowl. Set the bowl over a saucepan of barely simmering water. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the chocolate has melted, about 4 minutes. Set aside to cool slightly.
• For each turkey, push 5 candy corn candies, tip-side down, into the cream filling of a chocolate sandwich cookie to make the feathers for the turkey. Lay the cookie on a work surface.
• Dip the flat, larger end of a peanut butter cup in the melted chocolate allowing any excess chocolate to drip back into the bowl. Place the peanut butter cup, chocolate-dipped end down, onto the sandwich cookie.
• Dip a malt ball into the melted chocolate allowing any excess chocolate to drip back into the bowl. Place the malt ball above the peanut butter cup to make the head of the turkey.
• Dip the flat end of the white candy corn tip in the chocolate. Place on the malt ball, to make the turkey beak. Refrigerate until the chocolate has set, about 10 minutes.
• Place the Red Frosting in a piping bag. Using scissors, cut a small opening in the end of the piping bag. Pipe a small piece of frosting under the malt ball to make the turkey's beard.
• Place a cookie (with top half removed) on a platter. Stand the turkey upright into the cream filling. Repeat with the remaining ingredients.
• In a medium bowl, using an electric hand mixer, beat the butter until smooth, about 20 seconds. Add the powdered sugar, vanilla extract and milk. Beat on low speed until combined. Increase the speed to high and beat until the mixture is smooth. Color the frosting by mixing in 1 drop of red food coloring at a time until the desired color is reached.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F
• Bake cookies as directed on roll.
• Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
• Spoon chocolate frosting into resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag.
• Cut small hole in bottom corner of bag.
• On each cookie, pipe frosting on outer edge of half of cookie.
• Arrange candy corn over frosting for feathers.
• Pipe orange icing onto each cookie to resemble turkey face and feet.
• Use orange icing to attach baking bits to turkey face for eyes.
• Pipe black gel on baking bits for centers of eyes.