Holiday Baking Scene Cookie - Go Bold With Butter

Materials

1 batch sugar cookies
1 batch royal icing
Plaque cookie template
Edible ink marker (optional)
Food coloring
15-second count royal icing in light gray, light green, dark gray, golden brown, ivory, white, light blue, brown, teal, yellow and red. (Test the consistency by taking a spoonful of icing out of the bowl and dropping it back in. It should take about 15 seconds for the icing to be completely smooth)
Soft peak royal icing in light gray, yellow, and red
Stiff peak royal icing in ivory, white, and green
12” decorating bags
Decorating tip numbers 1, 2, 3, and 101
Scriber needle or toothpick
Edible dust for painting in black, brown, and white
Vodka or any flavor extract to mix with food coloring to use as paint
Decorator brushes

Instructions

From a chilled sheet of cookie dough using the plaque cookie template as a guide, cut around the plaque with the paring knife. Bake and cool the cookies according to the recipe instructions.
Cut the template into pieces and creating a guide by tracing each piece onto the cookie with an edible ink marker or a scribe tool or toothpick.
Ice the upper cabinets with light gray 15-second count icing and a decorating tip 2. Use the scribe tool or toothpick to evenly distribute the icing.
Ice the window with light blue 15-second count icing and a decorating tip 2.
Ice the wall around the window with light green 15-second count icing and a tip 2. Use the scribe tool or toothpick to evenly distribute the icing.
Ice the tile backsplash in white 15-second count icing and a tip 2. Use the scribe tool or toothpick to evenly distribute the icing.Use the scribe tool or toothpick to evenly distribute the icing.
Ice the countertop with dark gray 15-second count icing and a tip 2.
Ice the lower cabinets with light gray 15-second count icing and a decorating tip 2. Use the scribe tool or toothpick to evenly distribute the icing. Allow the icing to dry completely (at least 8 hours or overnight)
Use the scribe tool to trace the rest of the template pieces in the surface of the icing.
Ice the window sill and mullion with light gray soft peak icing and a decorating tip 1. Use the scribe tool or toothpick to help shape the icing.
Paint the cabinets with a mixture of edible white dust and vodka or any flavor extract.
Combine edible black and brown dust and mix it with vodka or any flavor extract for shading.
Use the black and brown dust mixture to paint the details on the tile backsplash.
Pipe the butcher block table legs with golden brown 15-second count icing and a tip 1.
Use ivory 15-second count icing to fill the mixing bowl of the stand mixer and outline it with light blue 15-second count icing and a tip 1.
Add snow to the window with the white icing.
Use brown 15-second count icing to fill the other mixing bowl and the cake with a tip 1.
Pipe the stand mixer with teal 15-second count icing and a tip 1. Pipe the details on the mixer with the dark gray icing. Use the scribe tool to help shape the icing.
Fill in the butcher block table with the golden brown icing.
Pipe the other mixing bowl and the bottom of the stand mixer with the teal icing.
Outline the pitcher with the light blue icing and fill it with the white icing.
Pipe the candles with the ivory icing, allowing the first one to dry a bit before adding the other two.
Use the ivory icing to pipe the butter.
Pipe the cake stand with 15-second count red icing and a decorating tip 1.
Pipe frosting on the cake with the ivory icing.
Paint the beaters on the stand mixer with the edible black dust. Pipe a dollop of cream on the beaters with the ivory icing.
Fill in the butter plate with the red icing.
Pipe a spoon handle in the mixing bowl with the golden brown icing.
Shade the butcher block and add wood grain with the edible brown dust.
Add more shading with the edible black dust.
Add highlights with the edible white dust.
Paint the butter and batter in the stand mixer with a mixture of yellow and brown food coloring.
Pipe flames with the red and ivory icing. Use the scribe tool or toothpick to help shape the icing.
Pipe a valance with ivory stiff consistency icing and a decorating tip 101.
Pipe greenery around the candles and the valance with green stiff consistency icing and a decorating tip 2.
Pipe lights in the greenery with soft peak yellow and red icing.
Add a glow around the candles with edible white dust and yellow food coloring.
Pipe a bead border with white stiff consistency icing and a decorating tip 3.