This Pumpkin Spice Palpatine Cookie Is Your Master Now

• 2-¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
• Pinch of salt
• ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ½ cup canned pumpkin
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
• 1-1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 Tablespoons milk, as needed
• Black food gel dye

• Red icing
• Yellow icing
• Black fondant

Step 2: In a bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Set aside.

Step 3: In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter, sugar, and brown sugar.

Step 4: Stir in the pumpkin, eggs, and vanilla.

Step 5: Slowly add in the dry ingredients until combined.

Step 6: Use a scoop to create 2.5-inch balls of dough, flatten slightly. Place on the prepped baking sheets.

Step 7: Bake for 14 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack.

Step 8: While the cookies are cooling, make the icing. In the bowl of an electric mixer cream the butter while adding the sugar, a little at a time. Add the vanilla, then the milk as needed.

Step 9: Stir in the black food gel dye to get a grayish color.

Step 10: Use an offset spatula to frost the cookie.

Step 11: With a #7 tip, pipe the gray icing onto the cookie, creating the details of Palpatine’s face.

Step 12: Use #4 tips with red and yellow icings to create his eyes.

Step 13: Roll out and drape the black fondant around the cookie to create the cloak.

Step 14: When the icing has set, the cookies are ready to serve.

Finish your Pumpkin Spice Palpatines...and your journey toward the spice side will be complete!

Jenn Fujikawa is a lifestyle and food writer. Follow her on Twitter at @justjenn and check her Instagram @justjennrecipes and blog www.justjennrecipes.com for even more Star Wars food photos.

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