Decorated Bee Cookies with Royal Icing

I used the wet-on-wet technique and the royal icing transfer technique to make these decorated bee cookies.

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If you look closely you'll see that the edges of these cookies are a little darker than the middle, which was caused by butter bleed. Normally butter bleed is a nuisance and creates blotches or yellow spots on the cookies, but this time it actually added some nice shading! 😃

Here's what you'll need to make these decorated bee cookies with royal icing

These supplies are available in my Amazon Store unless otherwise noted.

• Chilled sheet of cookie dough
• Hexagon cookie cutter
• Bee template (available to my Patreon subscribers)
• Flood consistency royal icing in navy blue and light blue (see color combinations below)
• Medium consistency royal icing in golden brown
• 3 decorating bags
• 3 couplers
• 3 bag ties
• 1 Decorating tip 3
• 2 Decorating tip 1
• Scribe tool
• Gold luster dust (I used Crystal Colors Antique Gold)
• Bronze or copper luster dust (I used Crystal Colors Golden Chocolate, you can use Copper if you are unable to find Golden Chocolate)
• Thin brush
• Paint palette or small dishes for mixing luster dust
• Vodka or grain alcohol for painting with luster dust

Color Combinations (I used Chefmaster)

• Navy blue = 6 parts Navy Blue + 1 part Black Diamond
• Light blue = Navy Blue
• Golden brown = 1 part Buckeye Brown + 1 part Lemon Yellow