Film Night Cookies

Do you know what these movie-themed cookies have in common?

Okay, I’ll tell you! The answer is John Williams. Last Saturday my boyfriend* and I celebrated the 2nd anniversary of our first date and I surprised him with these cookies, each representing a film with music composed by John Williams, along with pair of tickets to see him live at Film Night at Tanglewood.

Here’s a little how-to on each of these designs:

You can find my cookie and royal icing recipe here in the tutorial shop.

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Home Alone Cookie

1) Draw the outline of the house with an edible ink marker and ice the outside with Americolor Super Black flood consistency royal icing and a round tip 2.
2) Fill in the house, avoiding the window, with Wilton royal blue flood consistency icing and a tip 2.
3) Use a scribe tool to help shape the icing
4) Fill in the window with white flood icing and pipe a blue outline around the outside. Allow the icing to dry 8-12 hours.

Jaws Cookie

1) Ice a round cookie with royal blue flood icing and a tip 3. Allow it to dry for about 3 or 4 hours in front of a fan. Pipe the shark with white flood icing and a tip 2.
2) Fill in the mouth with black flood icing and a tip 2. Allow the icing to dry about 6 hours in front of a fan.
3) Paint the edges of the shark and the edges of the cookie with Americolor Super Black mixed with a little bit of alcohol or flavored extract. This is similar to the process of painting with gold. Read more about that in this post on how to make gold icing.
4) Paint the eyes.

5) Pipe teeth with stiff consistency royal icing and a tip 1.

6) Paint the exposed edge of the cookie with a mixture of Americolor Tulip Red and a little bit of alcohol or flavored extract.

Jurassic Park Dino Footprint Cookie

1) Draw the outline of the footprint with an edible ink marker and apply some clear piping gel inside the lines.
2) Ice around the footprint with a light shade of brown flood consistency icing and a tip 2.
3) Immediately cover the cookie with crushed graham crackers.
4) Use a brush to help remove the excess crumbs.

Click here to see my Jurassic World cookies!

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Star Wars Cookie

1) Ice the cookie in black flood consistency icing and a tip 3. Allow it to dry 8-12 hours and use the scribe tool to scratch the letters into the icing.
2) Outline the letters with a light shade of brown medium consistency icing and a tip 1. Allow it to dry about 1 hour in front of a fan.
3) Paint the letters with a mixture of gold pearl dust and alcohol or flavored extract.*

*I used a non-toxic, non edible gold highlighter to paint the letters, but I recommend using the Super Gold from NY Cake if your cookies will be consumed.

ET Cookie

1) Ice a cookie in white flood consistency royal icing and a tip 3. Allow it to dry about 8 hours in front of a fan, then use a soft brush to stipple the surface with a mixture of Americolor Super Black and alcohol or flavored extract.

2) Use the scribe tool to sketch the illustration before you paint.
4) With the same mixture of Americolor black and alcohol, use a 2/0 liner to paint the details.