cookie decorating how to + recipes

I am going to share a cookie decorating tutorial with you. hope it helps you, but please remember I am a novice at this and have not attended any classes or anything. There is probably a much better way out there to be making these.
First you want to make the cookie dough. you can use your own recipe, whichever you like best. I used a basic, simple sugar cookie recipe, no flavors added.
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Cut the dough with the cookie cutter of your choice. I chose ducks and circles.



Bake them in the oven as per your recipe or until you see they are done. you do not want to over do them.


Let them cool down completely before starting to decorate them



I did the peak of the duck first, using decorating crayons from Dr Oetker. They are great for small details. you do not need to prepare royal icing for small things. they are also soooo very affordable.


While this hardened I prepared the royal icing, as this is how I chose to decorate my cookies.
you can make egg white royal icing, but I chose to use Wilton's meringue powder for safety issues.
meringue powder is an egg white substitute. It's egg white powder, and it is free of risk. It did not feel safe using raw egg whites and give them to so many people. You can very well use pasteurized egg whites, but since they are not available here in Romania, I went with the Meringue powder.

The recipe is very simple.

Royal icing

3 tablespoons Meringue powder
~500 gr of confectioners' sugar
6 tablespoons of warm water

Beat all ingredients until icing forms peaks.

Then you want to do the outline of the cookies. You should add some water to your royal icing so that it won't be so stiff. You do not want it runny though.



Use the color of your choice and do the outline.



Then you need to flood the cookies. For that, you need to add more water to your colored royal icing so that it becomes slightly runny. Too much water will make it more difficult to work with and will spoil your work.



Using a tooth pick you have to extend the icing so that you completely cover your cookie. do not leave any uncovered spots.



Let them dry out really well.I left them over night and the next day, using the crayons I mentioned above, I started adding the details. These crayons are available at supermarkets, are very cheap, come in four colors and I totally love them and recommend them to everyone.



This is how mine looked in the end. Get creative and do what ever you like.
If you want, share your creations here. I will be happy to make another guest posting.



And this is my sweet heart about to be eating her 3D cookie, which she decorated herself.






11 comments:

  1. Giovanna,
    cuantas cosas ricas y preciosas has elaborado ultimamente.
    Gracias por este tutorial, tambien por enseñarnos hacer los zapatitos del bebe, en el que yo tenía mucho interés.

    El Sabado anterior tambien hice yo galletas decoradas, para el cole de mi hijo, pero no me han salido tan bonitas como a ti.


    Tu niña preciosa y siguiendo tus pasos de alta pastelería.
    Muy bonita su galleta.

    Un besito para ti y otro para ella.

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  2. Delicious recipe! Looks so glorious. It is decorated very beautifully. Thanks for such nice pictures, they inspiring me to make such nice cookies.

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  3. Buna Giovana, am vazut ca la unele postarari ai vorbit in romana, mi-ai putea spune si mie reteta te rog pe romana sa vad daca se aseamana cu cea pe care o am eu, la un moment dat crwed k ai zis ca dupa ce faci conturul formei mai pui putina apa, sau am inteles prost???

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  4. buna simona,
    sper sa revii ca sa iti citesti aceasta postare.
    patesc d emulte ori ca petrec si 15 minute la calculator pentru cineva si nici macar nu revine sa le citeasca, dupa o perioada mai intreaba odata.
    intai as vrea sa "justific" scrisul in engleza. am multe cititoare din sponia, sua, etc cu acre tin legatura si vorbim si asa fiind in engleza isi pot traduce pagina in limba lor sau o inteleg deja.
    acum ref la intrebarea ta, da mai adaugi putin apa ca sa il mai fluidifici sa fie asa mai curgator, sa curga singur din pos, dar nu foarte tare altfel nu iti vor iesi bine.
    trebuie sa fie mai curgator amestecul pt ca sa il poti intinde usor pe toata suprafata si pt ca astfel se uniformizeaza rapid nu raman denivelari.
    acum scuze ca nu o sa ma pun sa rescriu totul in limba romana, era o postare destul de lunga. daca mai ai intrebari scrie-mi si iti voi raspunde.
    multumesc ca ma urmaresti

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  5. Hi, can you please tell me where did you buy meringue powder in Romania? You are right about the egg whites, I'd rather avoid them.

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  6. buna laura,
    poti gasi meringue powder aici
    http://www.bbsuperimport.com/index.php?page=products&id=64166
    sunt din sovata si trimit oriunde, mai este o firma in tg mures, lumea basmelor, dar sunt putin, putin mai scumpi.

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  7. Am intrat pe site si desi nu stiu o iota maghiara, browseresc pe acolo ca musca in lapte :-) Au niste super produse!

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  8. am descoperit intre timp uff!

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  9. Chiar asa, site-ul ala cu e si in romana? Vreau si eu meringue powder sa fac biscuti pt cel mare sa duca la scoala de ziua lui :)

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  10. daca la wilton nu reusesti, incearca lumea basmelor. sunt la tg mures si vand si on line.
    pusi

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