Posted on Feb 1st 2016
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Cutting The Dough Roll out your cookie dough. Then using a cookie cutter cut out the shapes. |
Removing The Impression Remove the cookie impression from the dough. |
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Baked Cookie Bake your cookies according to your recipes directions and let cool completely on a rack before decorating. |
Filling The Bag Fill a decorating bag about a 1/3 full with Royal Icing. Tint with desired color or leave white. Fit with tip # 2 or 3 (The Royal icing needs to be thick enough to hold it's shape when piped). |
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Piping On The Seam Squeeze, while outlining the edge of the cookie. After outlining the entire edge, stop at the edge of the beginning line, touch and lift (This is called the dam or seam.) |
Sealing The Dam / Seam To seal the seam, dip a paintbrush in some water. Dab the paintbrush on a paper towel. Gently touch the seam. This will cause it to disappear. Allow the outline to dry. |
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Thinning The Icing Take the icing that you will use to fill in the center of your outline, add a little water to it. It needs to have a streaming not runny consistency. |
Filling The Outline In Fill the outline in with the thinned icing, using a spoon or squeeze bottle. Be generous With a spoon gently push the icing into the corners and at the points. |
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Ready To Dry Allow the icing to dry for at least 2 hours. After your cookie has had time to dry, you can add additional decorations or writing on your creation. |
Cookie Cutters |