Our friends recently celebrated their baby’s 1st birthday, so I thought I’d make some cookies to celebrate 🙂 I love brush embroidery because it’s relatively simple to do, but the result is always impressive. And the colors can be customized for any occasion! I took these to the next level by using a rainbow palette made with concentrated colors from the Wilton Color Right set. Scroll down for the tutorial and supply list!
Here’s what you’ll need for this project:
Roll-out cookie dough (use your favorite recipe or get mine in the tutorial shop)
Slightly thinned stiff consistency royal icing (I would normally use stiff consistency royal icing for brush embroidery, but since I needed to fit several layers onto one cookie I had to use a small tip, which calls for a thinner consistency. Otherwise it would have been to difficult to squeeze the bag. See my post on Royal Icing for more on icing consistencies.)
In a recent Instagram Story, I mentioned how much I dislike mixing icing colors. One of the reasons I started painting on royal icing is partially because of the versatility of the medium, but also because I’m pretty lazy when it comes to prepping for a project 😉
And, in a very unscientific study (involving asking my family members to stick their tongues out after eating these cookie planets), I found out that painted icing is less likely to stain your mouth than if the color is mixed into the icing. This set was iced in white and painted with less than one drop of each color, which is probably why the cookies don’t leave a stain behind. If I had mixed the color into the icing, it would have taken much more food coloring to get the same effect. So, next time you have to make a dark color, try this method!
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Here’s what you’ll need for this project:
Roll-out cookie dough (use your favorite recipe or get mine in the tutorial shop)
Grain alcohol, vodka, or extract for painting (Alcohol or flavored extracts are used for painting on royal icing because they evaporate very quickly, which means that the liquid won’t dissolve the icing as you are applying the paint. The stronger the alcohol, the better!)
Watch the video below to learn how to paint your own cookie planets.
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These dreamy seahorse & seashell cookies are decorated with pastel “watercolors” (a mixture of food coloring and 150+ proof vodka, Everclear or any flavor extract) and a little pearl dust for some sparkle. Scroll down for the supply list and video tutorial!
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Here’s what you’ll need to make these seashell and seahorse cookies:
Roll-out cookie dough (use your favorite recipe or get mine in the tutorial shop)
I didn’t plan to post these cactus cookies right after my succulent cookie cups, but I guess I’m on a cactus kick!Â
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Autumn Carpenter of Country Kitchen SweetArt very generously sent me this set of cactus cookie cutters. Aren’t they adorable?? I had the perfect opportunity to use them a few weeks ago when my friends threw a southwestern-theme birthday party for their 2 year old daughter.Â
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Here’s what you’ll need for this project:
Roll-out cookie dough (use your favorite recipe or get mine in the tutorial shop)
Here’s what you’ll need for this project:
  
 
 