Plunger Cookie Cutters From Light In The Box

A couple of months ago, the generous folks at Light In The Box let me pick out some cookie cutters to try. I chose these plunger cutters because I love the shapes! They’re really meant to be used with fondant, but they work on cookies, too! These two shapes worked the best with my cookie dough. I also tried a rose design, which sort of got lost in the baking process. It’s a very pretty design, though, and I bet it would work great with fondant.

I hand painted these cookies. No icing required!

Here’s what you’ll need for this project:

Roll out cookie dough (my Orange Vanilla Spice cookie recipe is available in my tutorial shop)
Plastic Rhombus Pattern Plunger Cutter
Gold pearl dust – Gold highlighter from NY Cake shown here
White pearl dust
Wilton rose gel paste food coloring
Wilton sky blue gel paste food coloring
Alcohol or flavored extract to mix with the pearl dust – Read this post for more information on how to make gold royal icing
Small brush for the application of the pearl dust
Corn syrup

I don’t usually recommend that you work with soft cookie dough, but for molded cookies like these and the ones I made with Amazing Mold Putty, it’s a necessity.

The plunger cutters arrived un-assembled, so after my friend came in from the office next door to help me put them together, I was good to go. Once the cookies are baked and cooled, mix a little bit of pink gel paste food coloring with a few drops of alcohol or flavored extract and mix in some white pearl dust. Apply the mixture on the imprinted design using a small brush.

Use the gold highlighter mixed with a little bit of alcohol to paint the raised areas and the border.

Mix some corn syrup with some alcohol (about 1:1) and brush it on the design. This will give the cookies an “enameled” look, much like these cookies I made with a similar technique.