October is pumpkin time!  So that clearly means pumpkin cookies.  I like to try new things and right now "wood plank" is very popular in the cookie world. 

I used this cutter to create these cookies.  I used the mini pumpkin from this set to create royal icing transfers. 

I traced the cutter on parchment paper and then piped one section of the pumpkin at a time.  When that section was still wet, I piped on white dots.  I let each section dry for 5 to 10 minutes before piping the next section.  I allowed the completed pumpkins to dry for 24 hours before removing them from the parchment paper.  I piped some orange icing on the back of the pumpkin to adhere it to the cookie.  Then I painted the pumpkin with some brown food coloring to give it some depth.

To create the wood plank I followed this video.  This was my first time trying this technique and I wasted three cookies in the process.  This is one of those techniques where you work on one cookie at a time.  By the last cookie I was getting the hang of it but still have to work on it more.  Once the icing had dried I did come back and painted wood with food coloring in some areas.