Fancy Floral Cookies
Give your guests a garden of color with these gorgeous cookies. Use the Blossom Double Cut-Outs Set to create your design, then add a brush embroidered flourish.
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AmountEach serves 1
Ingredients
Royal Icing
Roll-Out Cookie Dough
Buttercream Frosting
Decorator Preferred White Fondant, 24 oz. Fondant Icing
Teal Icing Color, 1 oz.
Rose Icing Color, 1 oz. - Pink Food Coloring
Violet Icing Color, 1 oz. Gel Food Coloring
Royal Blue Icing Color, 1 oz. - Blue Food Coloring
Tools
1.5 Inch Flower Nail No7
Pre-cut Icing Flower Making Squares
12 in. Disposable Decorating Bags
#102 Petal Piping Tip
Round Cake Decorating Tip 3
Waxed paper
Rolling Pin
3 Inch Metal Circle Cutter
Cookie Sheet
Decorator Preferred 9inch Angled Spatula
Roll and Cut Fondant Mat
Fondant Roller, 9-Inch
Blossom Fondant Double Cut-Outs Set
Round Cake Decorating Tip 2
Decorator Brush Set
Instructions
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- Make 5-petal flowers 1 day in advance. Prepare royal icing following recipe directions. Divide icing in half. Tint half of icing violet and the other half blue. Cover flower nail with icing flower square. Use tip 102 and violet or blue icing to pipe 5-petal flowers. Use tip 3, cut disposable bag with coupler and matching color icing to pipe dot centers. Let dry 24 hours on waxed paper-covered surface. Reserve remaining royal icing.
- Make cookies. Prepare and roll out dough following recipe directions. Use circle metal cutter to cut cookies. Bake and cool cookies.
- Decorate cookies. Prepare buttercream icing following recipe directions. Use 9 in. fondant roller with purple guide rings to roll out fondant 1/8 in. thick. Use circle metal cutter to cut fondant circles. Use spatula and buttercream icing to ice cookies. Position fondant circle on cookie. Use straight side of second largest (2 3/8 in.) blossom cut-out from set to imprint flower shape on fondant circle. Use tip 2, cut disposable decorating bag and thinned violet or blue royal icing to outline two petals at a time. Use brush to make brush embroidery design. Repeat until all petals are piped and brushed. Let dry. Use tip 2, cut disposable bag and thinned violet or blue royal icing to attach 5-petal flower to cookie.
Notes
How To
Brush Embroidery
Add textured flowers with the soft look of lace using this easy icing technique. Works best using a square tip brush.
How to Pipe Dots
Perfect for classic borders or cloudlike decorations, dots are a versatile technique that can be piped in a range of sizes. The dot technique can be used as a simple border for cakes and cookies, as well as for icing cupcakes or piping meringues.
