Piping the feathers on these peacock cookies is a time-consuming process, but well worth the effort! I used natural food coloring to create the colorful feathers on these peacock cookies decorated with royal icing.
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The feathers on these peacock cookies create a wavy surface, which makes it difficult to pipe the body directly on them. So, I decided to use royal icing transfers to make the bodies of the peacocks so that they would lay flat on the feathers.
To do this, I piped them on a piece of wax paper following a template that I printed out and then let the icing try overnight before removing them. The template is available to members of the Cookie Art Club.
Here's what you'll need to make these peacock cookies decorated with royal icing
These supplies are available in my Amazon store unless otherwise noted
- Chilled sheet of cookie dough (I used my lemon cookie recipe)
- Turkey cookie cutter
- Royal icing
- The Sugar Art natural food coloring in Arctic Blue, Spring Green, and Sunny
- 5 Tipless decorating bags
- Bag ties or rubber bands
- Scribe tool
- Peacock template
- Wax paper covered board for royal icing transfers
Relevant tutorials: Royal Icing 101 (available in the Cookie Art Club!)
Want to make these decorated cookies yourself? The video tutorial and recipes to recreate them are available to Cookie Art Club members and you can try it free for 7 days.
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