Baby Bassinet Cookie Tutorial

ByAmber
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I made these cookies in 2013 when my grandmother requested a special design for her friends who became grandparents to twins.
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These baby bassinet cookies utilize the royal icing flooding technique, brush embroidery, ruffles and beading. Scroll down for the step-by-step tutorial!
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The blue, pink and green colors in these bassinets are from the Wilton Garden Tone 4-Piece Colors Set. You can also achieve these colors by adding black or brown to your pinks, blues and greens. To make the skin color shown here, I used a touch of brown mixed with a touch of pink and a mixture of brown and black for the eyes.
 
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Here's what you'll need for this project. Find most of these supplies in my Amazon Store.

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The baby bassinet cookie is iced in sections. Use a scribe tool to draw a guide to help determine where each section will be.

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Ice the top section of the cookie with flood consistency royal icing and a tip 3. Use the scribe tool to evenly distribute the icing. I'm using juniper green for this cookie. Allow this section to dry for about 20 minutes.

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Using flood consistency royal icing and a tip 3 in a different color (white shown here), fill in the next section of the cookie. Again, use your scribe tool to help evenly distribute the icing. This is the part where the babies' heads will be resting. Allow this section to dry for 20 minutes.

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Fill in the bottom section of the cookie using the same color that you used for the first section.

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By now the small white section should be dry enough so that you can pipe the babies' faces on top of it. Using a tip 2 and flood consistency royal icing, pipe 2 semi circles, about ¾" long and ½" high. Use your scribe tool to help shape the faces. Let them dry for 20 minutes.

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Once your baby faces are dry, use a tip 3 and flood consistency icing to make the bows. I used Wilton aster mauve. To make the bow loops, pipe two dots and use your scribe tool to shape the dots into triangles.

 

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Fill in the last section of the cookie with a color that you have not used yet. This will be the blanket. I used Wilton delphinium blue. At this point, your bow loops will have had a few minutes to dry, so you can go back and pipe a dot in the center of the bow. Allow the cookie to dry 8-12 hours.

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Once the icing is completely dry, make the feet by using a tip 2 and flood consistency icing to pipe little blobs. Use your scribe tool to shape the blobs into feet.

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Add the toes with a tip 1 and flood consistency icing. You'll just barely have to touch the decorating tip to the surface to make the toes. You only need a little tiny dot of icing for each one. You can use your scribe tool to help shape the toes.

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I used the brush embroidery technique to make the canopy. Start out by drawing a guide for each drape using the scribe tool.

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Use white stiff consistency icing and a tip 3 to pipe a line following the guide in a zig zag motion.

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Drag the icing toward the top of the cookie using a damp square tip brush. You can learn more about this technique in my online cookie decorating class.

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Make another layer of drapes using the same process.

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Finish the canopy by piping three dots in the center where the drapes meet.

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To make the eyes, first make a guide by using the scribe tool to draw two tiny curved lines into the icing where the eyes will be. Then, dip your scribe in the black/brown icing (flood consistency) and gently dab it onto the guides.

 

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The bottom of the bassinet is covered by two layers of ruffles. Use a 104 petal tip with the narrow end facing out. 

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Layer the next ruffle over the first one.

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Using the same tip 3 and stiff consistency icing that you used for the brush embroidery, pipe a bead border on the top edge of the last ruffle. 

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Allow the icing to dry for at least another 6 hours before handling the cookie.

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This post was originally published in April 2013.

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  12. Ok, I don't bake, but I eat and I watch. i cannot get enough of your blog and tutorials. I can't imagine what you must charge per cookie for the amount of time and effort that is put into your beautiful creations.

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  13. Hy Amber I just want to say how amazing you are. The stuff you do are amsolutly gorgeous. Thanks for sharing:)

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  19. Amber..

    I enjoyed looking through all of your new tutorials.....love all of them, but this is my favorite!!

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  20. I just found your site via Pinterest. Amazing you are!! Question, how long did it take you to make these cookies? How many did you make?
    Thank you for showing how you did it! That is very kind!

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    1. Thank you, Stephany! It takes about 30 minutes of decorating time to make each cookie, but there's a lot of drying time in between the steps. I only made 8 cookies and it took 2 days from start to finish. Thanks for your comment!

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  22. Muy lindos
    Con tu blog hermoso, me ayudara para mil ideas
    Claro como tu nunca
    Eres genial no se qué decir de tanta hermosura
    Un beso

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  23. HI!! i have a Question???????? You used a scribe to get a basic idea of where u were going to flood.....what about an edible marker???????is ok! to use a light colored edible mark to draw out a pic.. before flooding???????????or would it bleed threw???????? and Have u ever done that???????? Thankyou!!!!

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    1. Hi Davett! You can definitely use an edible marker for this. Use a light one, like you said, just in case it bleeds! Let me know if you have any other questions!

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  25. Amber your choice of colors are always so beautiful!! I simply adore this set. Great tutorial and thank you for always sharing your tips with us. You inspire me to want to be better 🙂

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  26. WOW! WOW! WOW! Just came across your site and I am absolutely amazed. Your work is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

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