A few days ago, I posted a photo on Instagram of a bunch of cookie cutters I recently got from Ann Clark Cookie Cutters. See below for a video of how I decorated this unicorn cookie!
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This is what you'll need to make this unicorn cookie
- Roll-out cookie dough (use your favorite recipe or get mine in the tutorial shop)
- Unicorn cookie cutter
- For the base layer, nose, mouth and eyes: Flood consistency royal icing
- For the horn: Stiff consistency royal icing
- For the mane: Medium consistency royal icing
- 12" decorating bags
- Tip-less decorating bags
- Decorating tip 3
- Decorating tip 8
- Scribe tool
- Square tip brush
- Gold Stars
- Silver Pearl dust
- Pink pearl Dust
- Soft round brush
- Fine tip artist brush
- Vodka or flavored extract for painting with pearl dust (why? read this)
- Paint palette or small dishes
- Colors: The Wilton Color Right color system was used to create all of the icing colors in this set of cookies
Instructions
- Ice the unicorn cookie with white flood consistency royal icing and a decorating tip 2. Use a scribe tool to help shape the icing.
- Cut a very tiny opening in a tip-less decorating bag filled with black flood consistency royal icing.
- Pipe the mouth and nose while the base layer is still wet.
- Do the same with the eye using light blue flood consistency royal icing.
- Use the scribe tool to place dots of white flood consistency icing in the eye.
- Outline the eye with the black icing and make 3 dots for eyelashes. Use the scribe tool to help shape the icing.
- Place edible stars near the eye with the scribe tool.Allow the icing to dry completely (overnight is best.)
- Pipe the horn with white stiff consistency royal icing and a decorating tip 2. Use a dry square tip brush to help shape the icing.
- Pipe the mane with pink medium consistency royal icing and a decorating tip 8.
- Place stars in the mane with the scribe tool.
- Paint the horn with silver pearl dust mixed with vodka or any flavor extract using the fine tip brush.
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Unicorn Cookie
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Learn to decorate a unicorn cookie with royal icing.
Materials
- Roll-out cookie dough (use your favorite recipe or get mine in the tutorial shop)
- Unicorn cookie cutter
- For the base layer, nose, mouth and eyes: Flood consistency royal icing
- For the horn: Stiff consistency royal icing
- For the mane: Medium consistency royal icing
- 12″ decorating bags
- Tip-less decorating bags
- Decorating tip 3
- Decorating tip 8
- Scribe tool
- Gold Stars
- Square tip brush (I use the brushes from the Wilton 5 piece decorator brush set)
- Silver Pearl dust
- Pink pearl Dust
- Soft round brush
- Fine tip artist brush
- Alcohol or flavored extract for painting with pearl dust (why? read this)
- Paint palette or small dishes
- Colors: The Wilton Color Right color system was used to create all of the icing colors in this set of cookies
Instructions
- Ice the unicorn cookie with white flood consistency royal icing and a decorating tip 2. Use a scribe tool to help shape the icing.
- Cut a very tiny opening in a tip-less decorating bag filled with black flood consistency royal icing. Pipe the mouth and nose while the base layer is still wet.
- Do the same with the eye using light blue flood consistency royal icing.
- Use the scribe tool to place dots of white flood consistency icing in the eye.
- Outline the eye with the black icing and make 3 dots for eyelashes. Use the scribe tool to help shape the icing.
- Place edible stars near the eye with the scribe tool.
- Allow the icing to dry completely (overnight is best.)
- Pipe the horn with white stiff consistency royal icing and a decorating tip 2. Use a dry square tip brush to help shape the icing.
- Pipe the mane with pink medium consistency royal icing and a decorating tip 8.
- Place stars in the mane with the scribe tool.
- Paint the horn with silver pearl dust mixed with vodka or any flavor extract using the fine tip brush.
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My daughters are having a joint 4th and 1st birthday party and the theme is Unicorns...I can't wait to (attempt) to make these! Thanks for the tutorial! I'm thinking of doing the horn solid with disco dust, but basically replicating the rest of your cookie 🙂
Did you allow the flood layer to dry before doing the eye? How did you affix the stars around the eye?
If you make a Craftsy class for this in the next week or so I'm 100% enrolling 😉
Hi Jenny! I'm sure they'll love that! I did the eye while the white flood icing was still wet, but if you want to make things a little easier on yourself, you can wait until the icing is dry and then draw the eye with edible ink marker. I use FooDoodler brand markers.
I also attached the stars while the white icing was still wet.
Thank you! I'm going to play around with it this weekend. I've got all the supplies and some time to tweak it before their party in 2.5 weeks. Can't wait to get baking!
Amber, as usual, your work is gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing your ideas and tutorials, I can't wait to have your book in my hands!!
Thank you so much, Tziranda! Did you read the update on my book? You can see it here: https://www.sweetambs.com/book/