Garden Shapes Cookies

Instructions

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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.
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   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.

How To

How to Pipe a Basketweave

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.