This year I decided to keep things simple with my Valentine's Day cookies by using the wet on wet technique. This technique involves only flood consistency royal icing, which means less mixing (yay!). Watch the video tutorial on how to decorate simple valentine's day cookies with royal icing below!
Here's what you'll need to create these cookies.
These supplies can be found in my Amazon Store unless otherwise noted.
- Roll out cookie recipe (my cookie recipe is available in the tutorial shop)
- Heart shaped cookie cutter
- Flood consistency royal icing
- Scribe tool
- Round decorating tip 2
- Decorating bags
- Bag ties
Colors*
- Red = Americolor tulip red + burgundy + a touch of black
- White = a touch of Wilton golden yellow
- Pink = Wilton aster mauve from the garden tone set
*UPDATE: Since I first wrote this post in 2014, Wilton has come out with their Color Right set, which I now use regularly.
Instructions
- Mix 3 colors of flood consistency royal icing: Pink, white, and red.
- Ice a heart-shaped cookie with pink flood consistency royal icing and a decorating tip 2.
- Use a scribe tool to help evenly distribute the icing.
- Pipe dots of white flood consistency royal icing with a decorating tip 2 while the pink icing is still wet.
- To make hearts, ice the cookie with pink icing and pipe dots of red.
- Drag the scribe tool through the dots to create hearts while the icing is still wet.
- Make a marbled design by piping stripes of white and pink flood consistency icing in wet red royal icing.
- Drag the scribe tool up and down through the lines to create a marbled effect.
- To make lips, pipe ovals of red flood consistency icing in wet white icing.
- Use the scribe tool to shape the ovals into lips.
- Allow the icing to dry completely (6-8 hours) before handling the cookies.
See my Ultimate Guide To Royal Icing to learn all about icing consistencies.
Watch the video to learn how to decorate simple valentine's day cookies with royal icing!
Click on the images below for more cookie decorating tutorials.
I really appreciate your tutorials I've never tried royal icing but have always wanted to
I Love your Valentine's Cookies very very much so .
Thank you, Krystyna!
Wow, these cookies looks amazing. I look forward to making this soon.
Thank you, Abigail!
Thanks for the recipes and the wonderful decorations ! I can hardly wait until February !
Diane Turner Lipscomb
Thank you for these recipes and hints I love Valentine Cookies. Thank you for sharing.
Diane Turner Lipscomb
Twoje ciasteczka są super, szkoda, że już nie mam tak pewnej ręki żeby coś tak pięknego robić. Zapraszam na moją stronę na Facebooku. Może to być inspiracją. Pozdrawiam serdecznie. Joanna Molteni.
can you give me the resepi to do the royal icing
? sangat menakjubkan, jadi ingin belajar cara membuatnya ?
Where can you buy royal icing. And how do you get it so shiney.
wowwwwwww tres beau bravo
I need a new recipe for cookies fun times day
These are such a cute design. I'm going to teach them to my older Girl Scouts who will love to learn this skill 🙂 Thanks for the decorating ideas 🙂
They will love that!!
What a beautiful idea for cookies. How can I save your post so that I can do these cookies later e.rre r. My grandchildren will love these beautiful cookies.
Love,these,cookie ideas
Thank you, Shirley 🙂
Press the 3 dots at the top right of this page. You will have several options of where you want to save it. It may be easiest if you choose your home screen that will create an icon on your home page that you can just click on whenever you want to see it again.
I sometimes just message it to myself.
I love you stuff! Thank you! I also appreciate and am grateful for your quiet demeanor!❤️
Question what's the best consistency to use for decorating the cookies, should it be some what running?
Hi Emilee! You can learn all about icing consistency here: https://www.sweetambs.com/tutorial/royalicing/
my mom wants these, so I'm going to try them (although my daughter is the really talented cook/desert chef). Thanks!
Pretty cookie?
Todo me parece exelente pero la base que trae la galleta , es fondant o glaseado...gracias
Is it possible for you to tell what size is the cookie cutter? Im planning to do this cookies for my loved ones.
Hello: I'm inspired to attempt to make these cookies for Valentine's Day. (Not a baker or cook). Do you decorate 1 cookie at a time, make a batch of white icing and red icing and then decorate a cookie for the wet on wet look. ?
I love these cookies. They don't get to hard to eat?
I had a question. I would love to send the heart shaped valentine cookies, minion and maybe something in purple (her favorite color) flowers possibly. To my estranged girlfriend for Valentine's Day. Can you cookies be purchased anywhere? Please let me know or if you have a cookie selection recommendation. Thank you.
Juan
Cherlys cookies do nice valintians gifts. Cherlyscookies.com
these look really cool xxx
Thank you!
realy you are talent i want to contact with you if you can
love theese cookies
Thanks, Natasha!
Hi Amber, i loved your job. Congrats!
I try to make your cookies but i not got it.
Please you can send me the recipe of cookies to decorate?
I will stay grateful!
Kisses from Brazil.
Amazing
Your cookies are beautiful!
I was wondering, how do you prevent your colours from bleeding? Especially the lips cookie.
Thanks
Thank you, Lindsay! This post has information on how to prevent color bleed. Scroll down a bit to find the section on troubleshooting tips: https://www.sweetambs.com/tutorial/royal-icing-consistencies/
I love you easy decorating & designs! Thank you for sharing! 😀
Valentine Cookies and tips for making special decorations!great ideas
Gostaria de receber mais receitas; obrigada!!!
Es realmente precioso. Eres una artista. Me encanta.
Me encanta.
Se possível, gostaria muito de saber, qual é a receita desses biscoitos ou bolinhos,
Obrigada.
Abraços do BRASIL.
Wow thats really i love how you blend the frosting
Thank you, Maryam!
Exquisite! Love to watch your tutorials. Sheer perfection!
Love your cookies, beautifull
I love your work. You make each cookie look like a piece of art. Wish I could do this and it look like yours. I live in Tenn. and I'm sure you're not teaching classes here. My Loss. Keep posting!
Simply love it ! <3
🙂
Yes! I want online tutorials! Your cookies are FABULOUS!
STUNNING and you make it look so EASY!
Thank you!
Thank you, Lynn!
Sensacional, achei bem rômantico,
Vôces enviam para o BRASIL?
Sensacional, amei achei bem romântico.Se tivesse mais próximos de vôces, gostaria de adquirir.
Would love to do some simple ones with my grandchildren.
Thank you I will try these
This is outstanding ideas and workmanship. The decorator is steady as a rock, with incredible color choice and design. Not enough stars in the heavens to award this person.
I love your job,cookies are so pretty and delicate. Thanks for sharing with us.
Están lindas !! Cómo todo tu trabajó.? Este Lo tienes en español.??
I lové yours cookies. Thank you for teaching us. It is vers nice, generous of you.
I really enjoyed seeing how simple you made it.buitifull design's.
This is so awesome and I am going to give it a try for Valentines day.
Love this site, how wonderful to be able to see the video
I like you royal icing so much. How to make it so shining ?
Oh ! So sweet~
I like your cookies so much.
Maravillosos sus trabajos y de mucha ayuda para entender como se realizan,muchas gracias!!!!