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How
To Decorate
Cookies 101
Submitted by: April
Johnson - About
April
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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.
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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
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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
Royal
Icing Recipe
For Cookie Decorating
Edible
Markers
Cookie
Recipes
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