And yes, I’m a little biased and a lot proud. A few mornings ago I made sugar cookies with my niece (and bakerella in training). I decided to let her do all the decorating. I need a helper you know. She was so excited to step up to the challenge. First, I told her to look through the book Cookie Craft [2] for some ideas. But she would have none of that. She was determined to jump right in. So I made up a few different colors of royal icing and put her to work.
First up… Learn how to pipe the outlines. This is one of the hardest things for me, but I think she did great. Look how determined.
Can you see the creative wheels spinning?
Now more piping.
And time to flood the inside for a smooth finish (with a more liquid consistency).
And flood…
Work that toothpick.
And flood …
Below, you can you see the first signs of “Please, can I turn the Suite Life of Zack and Cody back on?”
“Nope, keep flooding.”
“Okay. Okay.”
And finally some finishing touches.
Yes, I love them.
She even made a special one for NaNa.
In the end she was sooooo proud.
And so was I.
I think Santa approves, too!
If you want to learn how to make decorated sugar cookies with royal icing, get your hands on a copy of the book, Cookie Craft [2]. It’s fantastic. Here’s a look at my first set [15] (so far, anyway) of decorated sugar cookies. I can’t wait to do more.
And, Happy Holidays everyone from the both of us!
URLs in this post:
[1] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerella/3138882547/
[2] Cookie Craft: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580176941?ie=UTF8&tag=bakerella-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1580176941
[3] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerella/3138880339/
[4] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerella/3139709206/
[5] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerella/3138881441/
[6] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerella/3139709730/
[7] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerella/3139709920/
[8] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerella/3138881601/
[9] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerella/3138881771/
[10] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerella/3139710960/
[11] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerella/3139711326/
[12] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerella/3138883987/
[13] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerella/3139712826/
[14] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerella/3139712924/
[15] my first set: http://bakerella.blogspot.com/2008/09/flower-power.html