Super Mario Mushroom Cookies

These Super Mario Mushroom cookies are super tasty and are cuter than a button mushroom to boot! They involve a bit of pound cake with a brightly iced, melt-in-your mouth, shortbread-like cookie top.

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Step 1: Assemble Your Ingredients

Ingredients for the Mushrooms' Body and Top

    1 cup butter (two sticks...yes, two sticks!)
    1/4 cup powdered sugar
    1/2 cup pecans (walnuts or hazelnuts work as well)
    1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
    1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    Pound cake (a frozen loaf is fine, that's what I used)
    Black decorator’s gel
    Red and green food coloring
    White frosting or white fondant

Ingredients for Royal Icing (Using Egg Whites)

    1 3/4 cup powdered sugar
    1 teaspoon lemon juice
    1 egg white

I used the above recipe, but if you have young 'uns in your household, you may want to try the below recipe for royal icing instead:

Ingredients for Royal Icing (Using Meringue Powder)

2 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons meringue powder
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/2 warm water

Hot Tip: As with all things involving royal icing, there will be long drying times. If you’d rather do these recipe in two parts (which is what I did), the top part of the cookie can be made the day before and stored in an air tight container. Then you can do all the frosting fun the following day.