Learn how to make these beautiful lily pad cookies decorated with royal icing in my latest tutorial in the Cookie Art Club!
I dusted these royal icing flowers with edible color dust and the water droplets are made with edible glue. I think they're the perfect finishing touch on these lily pad cookies!
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The veining on these lily pad cookies was made with the royal icing wet-on-wet technique. This cookie decorating method allows you to create a smooth layer of icing with multiple colors.
The royal icing flowers can be made ahead of time and stored indefinitely at room temperature in an airtight container.
Here's what you'll need to make these lily pad cookies decorated with royal icing
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- Chilled sheet of cookie dough (I used my orange cardamom cookie recipe)
- 2-½” round cookie cutter
- Craft knife to shape the cookies
- Royal icing
- Leaf Green, Lemon Yellow, and Rose Pink food coloring (I used Chefmaster brand food coloring)
- Scribe tool
- 4 12” Decorating bags
- Wilton decorating tips 1, 3, and petal tip 81
- Couplers & Bag ties (I used Wilton brand)
- Flower nail
- Parchment paper squares
- Bright pink edible powdered color (I used Sweet Sticks Magnolia Paint Powder)
- Decorator brush for dusting (I used Wilton)
- Edible glue (Optional - I like Satin Ice and Fondx brands)
My little trick for the "pond" is a piece of dark blue card stock, edible candy rocks that I picked up on a trip to the beach, and a piece of plastic wrap.
Want to make these cookies yourself? The video tutorial and recipes to recreate these cookies are available to Cookie Art Club members and you can try it free for 7 days.
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