Pumpkin Patch Shortbread
Good news! I’ve finally found a use for those mellowcreme pumpkins! You know, the cute little pumpkin shapes that are inexplicably sold with the rest of the edible Halloween candy, even though I’m pretty sure they’re made of candle wax and styrofoam and various industrial byproducts? Yeah, those.
(Did I just insult half of my readers who love these weird little candies? Sorry!)
Anyhow, I am here to tell you that these pumpkins, while decidedly not delicious on their own, are perfectly tasty when combined with rich brown sugar-spice shortbread and vanilla frosting. I know what you’re thinking: anything is tasty when combined with rich brown sugar-spice shortbread and vanilla frosting. Exactly my point! We are so dessert soulmates, you and I.
These cookies start with a homemade shortbread base, sassed up a little for fall. Instead of granulated sugar I used brown sugar, and instead of zero spices I used a big heaping spoonful of pumpkin pie spices. You see where I’m going with this…
The shortbread is topped with an easy vanilla frosting, dyed two different colors of green and piped out with a variety of piping tips, to give the grasses different textures and to make each cookie a little unique. For the final touch, we’ll add a few chocolate rocks (yep, still obsessed) and some of the aforementioned mellowcreme pumpkins, which may not be good eatin’ on their own but are sure adorable as part of this edible pumpkin patch. And while we’re at it, let’s add a few frosting vines and leaves to the pumpkins, to really gild that lily. Or vine that pumpkin, if you will.
I know these cookies don’t sound like the most groundbreaking, flavor or texture-wise, but you have to believe me when I tell you we could NOT stop eating them. Something about the crispy, buttery, fall-spiced cookies and the soft vanilla frosting was completely irresistible. I almost want to throw a big Halloween party, just so I have an excuse to make them again!
The full recipe for these Pumpkin Patch Shortbread Cookies can be found here on the Better Homes & Gardens website. This is my last BHG post I’ll be sharing for Halloween—thanks for following along and supporting my BHG work!
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