erin's fun turkey cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 6 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup , or as needed
• 72 candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as m&m's®)
• 1/4 cup prepared white frosting, or as needed
• 4 pieces red string licorice (such as twizzlers®), cut into 1-inch pieces

Recipe

Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 55 mins


• beat flour, sugar, buttermilk, eggs, vanilla, salt, and baking powder together in a bowl until dough is thoroughly mixed. cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). grease baking sheets.
• drop about 2 teaspoons of dough per cookie about 2 inches apart prepared baking sheets.
• bake cookies in the preheated oven until light golden brown, about 10 minutes. cool cookies for 8 to 10 minutes before removing to a plate to decorate.
• press candy corns, point-end first, partway into the top edge of the cookies to resemble feathers. place 2 candy-coated milk chocolate pieces in the center of each cookie to resemble the turkey's eyes. use a small amount of frosting to create the turkey's mouth. press 2 pieces of licorice into the bottom edge of the cookie to make the turkey's legs.