Snowmen, Villagers & Tree Cookies
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Step 1
Use snowmen nesting cutter set to create different size snowmen. Ice the snowmen cookies smooth, stucco-like, spatula swirled or with white fondant. Add white nonpareils, chocolate jimmies, red or green sugars and yellow fruit roll-ups for accents. Use black icing for eyes and mouth with tip #3. Use cinnamon candies for facial features and buttons. Add red or green sugar for mittens or gloves.
Step 2
Use gingerbread boy nesting cutter set for different size villagers. Use cinnamon candy for buttons, eyes and nose. Use fruit roll-ups for belts and pants. Use green-tinted fondant for bow-tie and shoes. Use zigzag white icing and tip 3 for hair. Use green sprinkles for eyes. Use red sugar, red jimmies and white nonpareils for clothing decorations.
Step 3
Use tree nesting cutter set to create different size trees. Ice the tree cookies with white icing and white sparkles, green-tinted fondant and white nonpareils or with Christmas red or kelly green icing. Use tip 3 and green sprinkles for garland. Use cinnamon candy accents, white nonpareils, red jimmies and red sugar for decorations.
Step 4
Add cardboard easels and attach with icing to prop up figures and trees.
The Zigzag is a popular way to fill in outlined areas, perfect for ribbed sweater and cuff effects. You can also use tight zigzags to cover the entire side of your cake—they look great!