Watercolor Mandala Cookies

During my trip to Cape Cod last month, I spent some time painting with watercolor while listening to the ocean waves. It was very relaxing! You can see a photo of what I created here on Instagram. Of course, as I was painting, I was thinking about how much fun it would be to recreate the designs in royal icing!

These watercolor mandala cookies are decorated with edible ink marker. Scroll down for the video tutorial.

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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)
Ruler and paring knife to cut 3×3″ cookies
Flood consistency royal icing
12″ decorating bags
Decorating tip 3
Scribe tool
Brushes
Edible ink marker
Alcohol or flavored extract for painting with food coloring (why? read this)
Paint palette or small dishes
Colors: Blue and Pink from The Wilton Color Right color system