I made these cookies for an girl's 8th grade graduation. They wanted flowers, butterflies and other decorated cookies in a pink and black color scheme. I baked all the cookies and now it is time to ice them! I will show you step by step how I decorate these cookies with royal icing.
In order to see the different petals once its dried, I piped every other petal and let it dry for about 30 minutes.
Then, I went back and piped the other petals. First, I outlined the area that I wanted to ice.
Then, I immediately fill in the petal, so you can't see the outlining once it has dried.
Then, once I have iced all the cookies, I let them dry overnight to make sure they are completely dry before I decorate them.
Here I have the 3 colors that I will decorate the iced cookies with. Black, white and pink!
To give the flower an extra effect, I outlines these petals in black, and pink on other cookies.
Here they are once they are done!
I think these are some of my favorite cookies I have made! I really love to make these cookies! I keep thinking of all the different cookies I want to make!
Now, it is time for the cookies to dry again. I let the cookies dry for at least 4 hours, or overnight, to make sure everything is dry before I package it. Don't worry... they will not get stale or dry out!
Here they are on the platter!
The morning of the day that I needed to deliver these, I had to take Jeff to the airport at 5:30am. So when I got home, I put these on the tray and thought I would be getting a nap before I had to take them. WELL... maybe it was my tired state, I put the plastic lid on and I must have pushed it on too hard, because the lid cracked! Oh gosh I thought. I need to go get a new lid. This was a Sunday, so I was not sure when the stored opened. Well, when I got to the store, it wasn't going to open for more than an hour! Ah... back to home to wait!
Don't worry... I went back to the store and got the lid. Everything worked out in the end! I took the cookies to the customer and they loved them. Then I went home and had a nap! :-)
Till next time...
So pretty - they'd be almost too pretty to eat if I didn't know how yummy they were!
ReplyDeleteYour "recipe" for crumble topping was a success! I had the oven at 375, but it could have gone higher, I think. The other change is that next time I may add some oatmeal to the crumble. I pitted the sour cherries, added some sugar, and cooked the mixture down. Added a splash of lemon juice once off the heat, mixed in the sliced fresh strawberries, topped with crumble and baked. Yum! Dave and I both approved. Thanks again.
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