Zoo Keepers Cookies

Step 1

In advance: Make cookies. Prepare and roll out dough. For each treat, cut one 4 1/2 in. square and 1 animal using cutters from set. Bake and cool cookies.

Step 2

Ice squares. Outline cookies using tip 5 and full-strength white icing; flow in with thinned tinted icing. Immediately add white dots using thinned icing in cut parchment bag. Let dry on waxed paper covered boards.

Step 3

Ice animals.

For elephant, outline cookie, inner ears and trunk with tip 2 and full-strength icing; flow in gray areas with thinned icing. Flow in inner ear with thinned pink icing.

For monkey, outline cookie and inner ears with tip 2 and full-strength icing; flow in dark brown areas with thinned icing. Flow in inner ears with thinned pink icing. Let dry. Outline muzzle with tip 2 and full-strength icing; flow in with thinned icing.

For lion, outline face, ears, triangle nose and inner ears with tip 2 and full-strength yellow icing; flow in with thinned icing. Outline mane with tip 2 and full-strength golden icing; flow in with thinned icing. Flow in inner ears with thinned pink icing.

Let all dry on waxed paper-covered boards.

Step 4

Assemble and decorate using fullstrength icing. Attach animal cookies to squares. Pipe tip 1 dot and outline facial features on all.