Love All Around Heart Cookies
Additional Information
Step 1
Make cookies. Prepare and roll out cookie dough following recipe directions. Use heart cutters from set to cut shapes. Bake and cool cookies.
Step 2
Make and tint buttercream. Prepare buttercream icing following recipe directions. Tint portions five different shades of red from very light pink to dark red.
Step 3
Decorate pink large heart cookie. Use spatula and second lightest pink icing to ice cookie. Use small crinkle cutter from set to imprint shape in center of cookie. Attach jumbo hearts sprinkles to imprint.
Step 4
Decorate Sugar Pearl-topped large crinkle heart cookie. Use spatula and medium red icing to ice cookie. Use toothpick to score a line down center of cookie. Add pink Sugar Pearls on one side. Use spatula to score lines on the other side.
Step 5
Decorate sprinkle-edged large crinkle heart cookie. Use spatula and medium red icing to ice cookie. Let set, about 5 to 10 minutes. Use tip 3, cut disposable decorating bag and medium red icing to outline edge of cookie. Use chocolate hearts sprinkles to cover outline. Use tip 3, cut disposable decorating bag and red icing to pipe heart in center of cookie.
Step 6
Decorate heart-topped large crinkle heart cookie. Use spatula and lightest pink icing to ice cookie. Use red sparkle gel to pipe hearts on cookie. Use toothpick to drag tails on hearts. Use red sparkle gel to pipe dots. Attach pink Sugar Pearls to dots.
Step 7
Decorate two-toned small heart cookie. Use spatula and lightest pink icing to ice cookie. Use toothpick to score a line down center of cookie. Use red sparkle gel to outline and fill in one side of the heart. Add pink sparkling sugar to the other side of the heart.
Step 8
Decorate stacked heart cookie. Use spatula and darkest red icing to ice small crinkle heart cookie. Use red sugar to cover top. Use tip 3, cut disposable decorating bag and lightest pink icing to outline edge of small heart cookie. Use pink sparkling sugar to cover outline. Use lightest pink icing to attach small crinkle heart cookie to small heart cookie.
Step 9
Decorate nonpareils small heart cookie. Use tip 3, cut disposable decorating bag and light pink icing to outline edge of cookie. Use nonpareils to cover outline.
Step 10
Decorate lattice small heart cookie. Use spatula and second lightest pink icing to ice cookie. Use tip 2, cut disposable decorating bag and dark red icing to pipe lattice. Use tip 3, cut disposable decorating bag and second lightest pink icing to outline edge of cookie. Attach jumbo heart sprinkle in center.
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Christmas Red Icing Color
Red Sparkling Sugar
Red Colored Sugar
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Cookie Sheet
Toothpick
food-safe scissors
12 in. Disposable Decorating Bags
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