These Christmas light cookies were made using the Christmas Light Bulb cookie cutter from AnnClarkCookieCutters.com. You can find the bow cookie cutter there, too, along with so many other beautiful shapes!

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Here’s what you’ll need for this project:

• Chocolate cookies (recipe below)
• Bow cookie cutter
• Christmas light cookie cutter
• Flood consistency royal icing
• 12″ piping bags
• Decorating tip 2
• Silver pearl dust
• Scribe tool
• Brushes
• Alcohol or flavored extract for painting with pearl dust (why? read this)
• Paint palette or small dishes

The Wilton Color Right color system was used to create all of the icing colors in this set of cookies.

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Chocolate Cookie Recipe:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/8 tsp salt
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1/4 cup milk
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour

Combine butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, and salt
Add cocoa powder and milk.
Stir in flour.

Split into two pieces. Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Roll dough to 3/16″ and cut cookies using 3″ round cookie cutter.

Bake cookies at 350º Fahrenheit for 10 minutes. Allow to cool completely before decorating.

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Merry Christmas!—

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