Star Wars Tauntaun Cookies
In the lore of Star Wars, I think tauntauns are my favorite creatures. You can ride them, you can sleep in them, so very versatile. All kidding aside, I do love tauntauns and when I saw that ThinkGeek was having a clearance sale and a tauntaun cookie cutter was available, the fates had aligned.
ThinkGeek is my go-to for geeky supplies and accessories and these cutters are a good size, make a clean cut and leave a good impression. Ideal for easy to make cut out cookies. I will say the eyes on this tauntaun are a bit crazy, but maybe he knows how it’s all going to end. Sad.
Star Wars Tauntaun Cookies
Ingredients:
you’ll need:
tauntaun cookie cutter
white icing
black icing
pink heart sprinkles
cookie ingredients:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Pinch of salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
black food gel dye
Instructions:
In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer cream the butter and sugar until fluffy.
Add the egg and vanilla, and a few drops of black food gel dye.
Slowly add in the dry ingredients just until the dough comes together. Add more food gel dye to get the desired gray color.
Split the dough into two and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill until you are ready to use.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prep baking sheets with silpats or parchment paper.
Roll out the dough to about 1/4 inch thick. Use a cookie cutter to cut and press the shapes, then transfer them onto the prepped baking sheets.
Bake for 10 minutes, let cool on a wire rack.
Using a #5 tip and white icing, pipe in the eyes. Add a pupil with black icing and a #3 tip.
Use a small amount of icing to secure an upside down pink heart sprinkle for his tongue.
When the icing is dry, the cookies are ready to serve.
These cookies look so adorable!! I’m definitely going to try them myself. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Thanks!