Garden Shapes Cookies
Additional Information
Step 1
Make cookies 1 day in advance. Prepare and roll out cookie dough following recipe directions. Use garden cutters to cut shapes. Bake and cool cookies.
Step 2
Decorate cookies also 1 day in advance. Prepare royal icing following recipe directions. Tint portions of icing green, orange, pink and yellow. Prepare four bags with couplers and tinted icing.
For pink and yellow cookies, use tips 14 (pink icing) and 2 (yellow icing) to cover cookie with basketweave, piping lines 1/8 in. apart.
For green and yellow cookies, use tips 4 (green icing) and 3 (yellow icing) to cover cookie with basketweave, piping yellow lines diagonally 1/4 in. apart.
For four-color cookies, use tip 2 to pipe vertical rows of x?s in alternating colors. Let all cookies dry 8-12 hours.
Products
Sky Blue Icing Color
Kelly Green Icing Color ((Combine Sky Blue with Kelly Green and Ivory for green shown.))
Ivory Icing Color
Orange Icing Color
Buttercup Yellow Icing Color ((Combine Orange with Buttercup Yellow and Ivory for orange shown.))
Pink Icing Color ((Combine Pink with Ivory for pink shown.))
Products
Cookie Sheet
12 in. Disposable Decorating Bags
food-safe scissors
Standard Coupler ((4 used))
This technique turns any treat into beautiful baskets. Perfect for Easter, Mother's Day, bridal or any Spring and summertime theme. This technique creates a two-dimensional woven-look design. Use for baskets, fences, or to completely cover the side of a cake.