Yesterday I celebrated my 35th birthday by making myself some cookies! Rather than decorating these cookies entirely in royal icing, I decided to top them with a swirl of white chocolate ganache using a Wilton 1M tip and a sprinkle of edible glitter hearts.

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I made the “35” using the royal icing transfer method. The great thing about royal icing transfers is that you can make them several weeks ahead of time and use them when you’re ready to decorate your cookies. I’d normally use Crystal Colors Antique Gold to paint around the edge, but I wanted something extra glitzy this time, so I used the Gold Highlighter from NY Cake. This highlighter is non-toxic, but is not considered edible by the FDA. It’s meant to be used on decorations that can be removed, such as fondant, or royal icing transfers like these. I don’t have any problem with eating it, but if I were making these cookies for a customer, I’d explain the difference and give them the option of the edible or non-edible decoration.

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The mint green icing is white chocolate ganache that I made by heating 1 cup of heavy cream and pouring it over 2 cups of white chocolate chips. I allowed the mixture to sit for a few minutes to let the chocolate melt and then whisked it together until it was smooth. I placed it in the refrigerator for a few hours until it was firm, then added blue and a touch of yellow gel paste food coloring before fluffing it up with an electric mixer. I’ll be sharing a video of this recipe in an upcoming post.

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Here’s a quick time-lapse video of how I made these 35th birthday cookies!

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Learn more about decorating cookies with royal icing in my book, Cookie Art: Sweet Designs For Special Occasions, available in my shop and on Amazon!

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These adorable baby elephant cookies were inspired by the artwork of Sweet Melody Designs. A few years ago, I created a set of woodland animal cookies based on Carrie’s artwork and I am thrilled to work with her again. Scroll down for the video tutorial and supply list!

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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)
• Small Ornate Square Plaque Cookie Cutter
• Small Fanciful Plaque Cookie Cutter
• Flood consistency royal icing
• Medium consistency royal icing
• Stiff Consistency royal icing
• Small decorating bags
• Decorating tip 1
• Decorating tip 2
• Scribe tool
• Edible Ink Marker
• Gel paste colors: Pink, gray, & teal

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Visit Sweet Melody Designs to see more adorable nursery art!

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Click on the images below for more cookie projects:                               

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My book, Cookie Art: Sweet Designs For Special Occasions,

is available here in the shop and on Amazon!

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When I set out to make these decorated cookies for bakers, I hadn’t imagined that they’d turn out this cute (if I do say so myself)! The plate that holds the teeny tiny cookies and the floral apron are inspired by vintage items from my own kitchen (the apron belonged to my maternal grandmother, or mummu, as we called her). I’ve yet to obtain a pretty blue stand mixer and pink polka dot mixing bowl 🙂 Scroll down for the supply list and video tutorial!

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Here’s what you’ll need to make these decorated cookies for bakers:

• Roll-out cookie dough (use your favorite recipe or get mine in the tutorial shop)
• Cookie templates (below)
• Flood consistency royal icing
• Small decorating bags
• Decorating tip 1
• Decorating tip 2
• Decorating tip 3
• Scribe tool
• Silver pearl dust
• Gold pearl dust
• Alcohol for painting (Why? Read this)
• Paint palette or small dishes for mixing paint
• Brushes
• Gel paste colors:
  • Light blue = blue + a touch of yellow
  • Pink
  • Brown
  • Gray = a touch of black
  • Red
  • Light green = blue + yellow

Watch the video to learn how to decorate these decorated cookies for bakers!

 Right click on the template to save it to your computer and print it out.

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I was at the grocery store recently when I spotted the limited edition Mocha Oreos on an end cap at the checkout counter. I’m not normally one to make impulse purchases, but I could not pass these up! Somehow, I was able to resist the urge to eat them all and I turned them into these cute mini Latte Art Cookies.

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I’ve worked with coating chocolate (aka Candy Melts) a handful of times, and for me, it is WAY more difficult to control than royal icing! It took me several tries to get these right without looking like a total mess. I found that when I was piping the latte art designs, I could pop the whole tray of chocolate disks into the oven for a few seconds to give me some more time to work with them.

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Here’s what you’ll need to make these Latte Art Mocha Oreos:

• Mocha Oreos
• Candy Melts
• Cookie mold from The Cookie Countess
• Round Cookie Cutter
• Pencil to trace the cookie cutter
• Baking Sheet
• Parchment Paper
• Printer Paper
• Paper Grocery Bag or Kraft Paper
• Paper Wrap Template (below)
• Tape
• 3oz Cups
• Toothpick

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Use this template for the wraps around the paper cups. Right click to save it to your computer and print it out. 

 

Watch my video tutorial to see how to create these Mocha Oreo Latte Art Cookies!

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