Easter Basket Cookie
Photos by super9Films The colors shown in this tutorial are from the Wilton Garden Tone 4-Piece Colors Set. I used aster mauve to make the pink color shown here, juniper green and delphinium blue. You can also make these colors yourself by adding a touch of black or brown to your pinks, blues and greens. I used the Wilton Comfort-Grip Egg Cookie Cutter, which measures about 4-1/2″ tall. This cookie was made with my Orange Vanilla Spice recipe, available here in my shop. Ice the cookie using flood consistency royal icing and a tip 3.
Allow the icing to dry 8-12 hours. Once the icing is completely dry, use the scribe tool to mark where the top of your basket will be by scratching a line in the icing. I made mine a little more than half way down. Notice the line is not perfectly straight, but curves down slightly. 
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Then, use stiff consistency royal icing and a tip 3 to pipe a rope border for the handle. Watch the clip below for demo on piping a rope border. It’s basically a series of interconnected backwards “S” shapes.
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You don’t need to wait for your rope border to dry to start the next step. Using the guide as your starting point, pipe a basket weave using stiff icing and a tip 3. You can learn more about basket weave in this post.
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Pipe a bead border using the same stiff icing and tip 3 that you used for the basket. 
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To make the flowers, pipe groups of 3 upside down teardrop shapes using stiff icing in delphinium blue and a tip 2.
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Once you have a few flowers, pipe leaves using a tip 352 with stiff icing in juniper green. You can see leaf making in action in the video in my shop on how to pipe roses and leaves.
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Pipe lots of leaves hanging over the edge of the basket to add more dimension.
Photos by super9Films
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Be sure to visit these participating sites to see all of the amazing Easter projects!
3D Easter Bunny by Marielle – De Koekenbakkers
Chick Cupcakes by Robin – Bird On A Cake
Mrs. Bunny Centerpiece by Myriam – Chapix Cookies
Cheesecake Easter Eggs by Beth – Hungry Happenings
Cho “Bunny” Greek Yogurt Pops by Jill – Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons
Hidden Easter Eggs by Stephanie – Ellie’s Bites
Easter Egg Cupcakes by Liz – Hoosier Homemade
Easter Treat Pouches by Elena – Just Me
Mini Meringue Cake by Karyn – Pint Sized Baker
Bunny Cake by Kathia – Pink Little Cake
Easter Gumball Machine by Marlyn – Montreal Confections
Easter Island by Laura – A Dozen Eggs Bake Shoppe
Easter Bunny Sandwich by Michelle – Creative Food
Bunny Garland by Sue – Munchkin Munchies
Egg Hunt Pound Cake by Jennifer – Not Your Momma’s Cookie
Dutch Easter Egg by Lorraine – Lorraine’s Cookies
Easter Egg Painting Chicks by Mike – Semi Sweet
Easter Basket Cookies by Amber – Sweet Ambs Cookies
The Carrot Patch Cake by Kim – The Partiologist
Cookie Bunny Pop by Meaghan – The Decorated Cookie
Pretzel Bunnies by Sarah – Miss CandiQuik
I, Robot Egg Cookie by Hani – Haniela’s
