Sweet and Pink Cottage Cookie

Step 1

Prepare cookie dough. Roll out dough 1/8 in. thick. Cut using gingerbread cottage cutter from set. Bake and cool completely.

Step 2

Prepare royal icing. Tint portions brown, red and rose; reserve some white.

Step 3

Outline cookie. Use tip 3 and full-strength brown icing to outline house and roof. (Roof is approx. 1/2 in. wide.)

Step 4

Fill in roof. Use cut decorating bag and thinned brown icing to fill in roof.

Step 5

Outline details. Use tip 2 and full-strength red icing to outline door, window and swirl candy.

Step 6

Fill in house. Use cut decorating bag and thinned white icing to fill in house—excluding door. Use cut decorating bag and thinned rose icing to fill in door.

Step 7

Make details. Use tip 1 and full-strength red icing to pipe window panes and curtains on window; to pipe door window and dot doorknob on door; and to fill in candy swirl on candy.

Use tip 1 and full-strength rose icing to pipe dots around candy; and to pipe c-scroll design above window. Use tip 1 and full-strength red icing to pipe dot above c-scroll design.

Step 8

Make roof details. Use tip 2 and full-strength red icing to outline roof. Use tip 1 and full-strength rose icing to pipe e-motion on roof. Let dry until set.