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Basketball Cookies Decorated With An Airbrush - SweetAmbs

Basketball Cookies Decorated With An Airbrush

March Madness is upon us and I felt inspired to make something I’ve never made before – basketball cookies!

I’ve only used my airbrush a handful of times, but I had so much fun with it on these basketball cookies that I think I’ll break it out more often! I used the airbrush to blend and add depth on the royal icing.

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A basketball cookie on a backboard cookie. The cookies are decorated with royal icing. The backboard cookie has a yellow, orange, pink, and blue design resembling a sunset. The basketball cookies are shaded around the edges to give a 3 dimensional look.

I used an airbrush from TruColor LLC, which is my favorite of the two that I own. My other one is a less expensive version from Amazon. The supply list is below and the full tutorial is in my Cookie Art Club!

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Here’s what you’ll need to make these basketball cookies!

  • Chilled sheet of cookie dough (use chocolate for the basketballs, any flavor for the backboard)
  • Basketball templates (above)
  • 2” round cookie cutter
  • Knife to cut the cookies
  • Wax paper for piping royal icing transfers
  • Flood consistency royal icing in white, orange, and black 
  • Medium consistency royal icing in white and red
  • Scribe tool
  • 5 12″ decorating bags 
  • 5 Couplers
  • Decorating tips 1, 2, and 3
  • Bag ties
  • Chefmaster food coloring
    • Sunset Orange, Buckeye Brown, Coal Black
  • Chefmaster airbrush food coloring
    • Blushing Pink, Royal Blue, Canary Yellow, and Sunset Orange
  • Airbrush (I used TruColor brand that you can purchase from Tunde’s Creations on Etsy or get a less expensive airbrush on Amazon)
  • Paper towels to protect your work surface when airbrushing

Amber Spiegel, founder of SweetAmbs, is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and the author of Cookie Art: Sweet Designs for Special Occasions. Amber has over 12 years of cookie decorating experience and has traveled the world teaching others how to decorate beautiful cookies on their own.

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