Love Squared Valentine Cookies
Additional Information
Step 1
Make cookies. Prepare dough and roll out following recipe directions. Use scalloped square cutter from set to cut squares. Bake and cool cookies.
Step 2
Outline cookies. Prepare Color Flow icing following recipe directions. Tint three different shades of red. Reserve some white. Use tip 3, cut disposable decorating bags and full-strength icing to outline cookie.
Step 3
Decorate heart cookies one at a time. Use thinned icing in cut disposable decorating bags to flow in icing. Immediately use tip 3, cut disposable decorating bags and thinned tinted icing to pipe dots in a heart shape on cookie. Use toothpick to drag through dots to create individual hearts.
For swirled hearts, use thinned icing in cut disposable decorating bags to flow in icing. Immediately use tip 3, cut disposable decorating bags and thinned tinted icing to pipe an outline of a heart in one shade and then pipe another heart next to it in a second shade. Use toothpick to drag through icing in a cursive ?e? motion.
Let dry 24 hours.
Step 4
Decorate flower cookies one at a time. Use thinned icing in cut disposable decorating bags to flow in icing. Immediately, use tip 3, cut disposable decorating bags and thinned tinted icing to pipe five or six petals.
Use tip 3, cut disposable decorating bags and thinned tinted icing to pipe lines and dots. Use toothpick to drag through icing to create swirls or hearts. Attach white Sugar Pearls to center of some of the flowers.
Let dry 24 hours.
Products
Red-Red Icing Color
White Sugar Pearls
Products
Cookie Sheet
food-safe scissors
12 in. Disposable Decorating Bags
Toothpicks
Add detail and interest to decorated cookies while still maintaining the smooth, sophisticated look.
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.