TURKEY COOKIES!
Looking for a fun activity or an adorably delicious dessert for Thanksgiving?
Gobble gobble!
My lovely friend Sam recently blogged about these irresistible turkey cookies. As soon as I saw them I vowed, MUST BAKE! And bake I have. As of today, I’ve made over 13 dozen. So many, in fact, I’ve resorted to decorating them with leftover birthday frosting. (Green turkeys rule.)
The idea originated with Pillsbury as a way of using their pre-made sugar cookie dough. Which is fine if you’re a normal person. But as someone abnormal on a strict low-sodium diet, I had to make my own. Verdict? Tastiest turkeys ever.
If you’d like to make these too (you know you do) directions are below 😀
TURKEY COOKIES!
Ingredients:
Dough:
1 c. (2 sticks) unsalted butter
1 1/3 c. sugar
2 t. pure vanilla extract
1/2 t. pure almond extract (optional)
1 egg
1 t. Ener G sodium free baking soda (or 1/2 t. “regular” baking soda)
2 1/4 c. flour
Candy corn
Frosting
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Get out 2 baking sheets and set aside.
Using a mixer, beat together the butter and sugar. Add the extract(s) & egg and stir to combine. Add the baking soda and mix, then gradually add in the flour, beating until well incorporated.
Drop the cookies by large spoonfuls (a small ice cream scoop works perfectly here) and flatten using the bottom of a drinking glass dipped in sugar.
Place baking sheet on middle rack in oven and bake for 12 minutes. Remove from oven and transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool.
Once cookies are cool, time to decorate!
Pipe a thin “rainbow” of frosting on the top and arrange candy corn to look like feathers. Then make eyes, beak and legs below.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EVERYONE!
Oh i bet the kids just love them.. they are so clever! c
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I know, they’re just so cute! So grateful for the idea.
Not sure who’s enjoying them more – me or my kids. One thing that’s certain? NO LEFTOVERS!
The combo of sugar cookie and candy corn is amazing.
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My daughter is sitting in my lap while I am typing this and she yelled, “LOOK MOM! TURKEYS!” Looks like we will have to bake some now. Hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving (and are gearing up for the big snowstorm!)
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Just heard about the snow today. Maybe 5″ here in Portland? Have to watch the news later. Sooo happy we’re not traveling. More time for cookie baking (and eating!!) Happy Thanksgiving, my friend!!
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This reminds me of ‘turkeys’ my mother made with my sister and I when we were little. Our bodies were bon-bons, and then we glued on candy corn feathers with some kind of frosting (I can’t remember exactly how we made ‘heads’)…
I always looked forward to it – so much fun – and so good, too!
🙂
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They sound great too. So glad creative people share these ideas; there’s no way I’d be clever enough to come up w. candy corn feathers. Though when you see them, you can’t help but think- of course!! Right?
Now that you’ve mastered mashed potatoes, Inky, I totally see you tackling turkey. Or turkey cookies. Maybe both?
Happy thanksgiving!!
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yum! these guys are sooooo cute! too bad i’m already slated to make two chocolate pudding pies for turkey day or i’d break out some candy corns and whip up these cuties. hope you have a happy. 🙂 xoxo
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I so thought of you entertaining your nephew with these. Definitely worth making, even on T Day weekend! Somebody far cleverer than me could come up w. all sorts of seasonal decorating ideas. Now there’s a book idea for you!
And speaking of books.. can you guess what I’ve been up to in my great Internet absence?! XO
PS: no postcard yet..!!!
PPS: gobble gobble! I mean, happy happy!
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If those cookies were calling me, I know what they’d say: “Gobble, gobble, gobble me up!”
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Cute & clever as always, Winky!
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Hahha this is too cute to be eaten!
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That’s what you think… but then you take the first bite, then the second and soon you find yourself reaching for cookie #14 !!!!! Addictive!
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What a cute food! I wonder if he/she had foot or beard.
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I was going to get really creative and make dangling red gobblers, but I thought better of it. My cookie skills only go so far.
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Love these! 13 dozen? My goodness! How many bags of candy corn did that take?
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Julie, you don’t want to know.. I bought 10 bags and the little bit that didn’t grace the cookies graced our stomachs anyway. Candy corn are irresistible.
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As the kids say, adorbs. Although I not-so-secretly like candy pumpkins better than candy corn, so I’m wondering if my family would be okay with some really malformed feathers.
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Katie, when I was growing up we lived around the corner from a department store (Strawbridge & Clothiers) and I practically lived at the candy dept. They sold those tiny mallow creme pumpkins and I swear, to this day I think they were the best I’ve ever had. So sad the store is looooong gone.
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Uh Oh, I love candy corn…and now I have yet another reason to eat it.
How very creative!! 🙂
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Thanks Rufina! I take no credit for the idea, but will happily take your comment. LOL
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No turkey died in the baking of these.
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That’s just what I posted on foodbuzz!
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Love it. Creative, fun, colorful, inexpensive. My son would enjoy doing this. Happy Thanksgiving. Wishing you and your family lots of love and happiness!
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IT, hope you had a chance to bake these together. If not, there’s always next year!
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Ha Ha Ha They are excellent!!!
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