I'm so glad I was able to decorate some colorful owl cookies during this cold and gray season. These were made with the adorable owl cookie cutter from Ann Clark! Get the supply list below and watch the video tutorial in my Cookie Art Club.
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Here's what you'll need to make these colorful owl cookies:
- Roll out cookie recipe (use your favorite or get mine in the tutorial shop)
- Owl cookie cutter
- Flood consistency royal icing
- Medium consistency royal icing
- Stiff consistency royal icing
- 12" piping bags
- bag ties
- Decorating tip 1
- Decorating tip 2
- Scribe tool
- Brush
Colors: The Wilton Color Right color system was used to create all of the icing colors in this set of cookies.
Step 1
Bake and cool the cookies accordi
I just made owls tonight but flooded sections in the wrong order. Thanks for the tutorial, I'll try again soon!
When I tried to decorate cookies with royal icing, everything was doing fine -the cookies were well baked, the icing got good colors and textures - but I was surprised in a bad way with one thing: the icing takes so long to dry, even the more consistent parts. Taking 3 or more days to completely decorate a batch of cookies made the production impossible to me, even if they turned out to be really beautiful.
So I wanted to know, is it possible to dry the icing in a faster way to optimize the production without having that "oven-like drier" that we see in courses and professional videos? This kind of thing does not exist in Brazil where I live, and importing is a "no-no" to me.
I love this site and the tutorials! Thanks for sharing!
Hi! Yes, it does take a lot of time and a lot of patience to decorate these cookies! I understand what you're going through. To dry the icing faster, you can place the cookies into the oven at 176 degrees celsius for 3-5 minutes. However, be aware that this may cause "butter bleed" which is when the butter becomes to warm and stains the royal icing. You can read this post for more information about that. Scroll down to the section on "royal icing troubleshooting tips":https://www.sweetambs.com/tutorial/royal-icing-consistencies/
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These are great! I was wondering how to store the decorated cookies? I want to make some ahead of time for a birthday party but don't want them to go bad before consumption.
Thanks, Jen! This post has information on how to pack and store the cookies: https://www.sweetambs.com/uncategorized/cookies-some-general-information/
Adorable! Love all of your tutorials. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you, June! Glad you like it! 🙂