Today I thought I would start my cookie journey by outlining a few cookies, and then filling them in. I baked my cookies using heart cookie cutters, and I made pink icing. They did not turn out like I wanted them to. I will say that I did all this late in the evening, and I was tired. Tomorrow I am going to try to decorate in the morning. I am just more alert in the morning!
I started with a bowl of the icing that I made yesterday.
I added a little water to make it a better consistency.
I drew a knife through the icing, and counted to 10
to see if it would be 10 seconds until the line disappeared.
It was, so the icing was a good consistency.
This is called 10 Second Icing!
I used an AmeriColor brand Soft Pink. I love this
brand because the color is dropped in by squeezing the
bottle. It is so easy to control.
I put in five drops and mixed.
I filled my bag about 1/3 full with the pink icing.
I outlined the heart cookie. I think I should have outlined
by leaving a little bit of an edge,
so the icing is not on the very edge of the cookie.
I filled in by continuing to go around the design until the
heart was covered, then I moved the cookie back and forth
until all the spots were filled.
Then I did the same thing to several small cookies also.
They are ok. But just ok.
I wouldn’t want to give them to anyone!
So therefore, they are not good!
But practice makes perfect, and I will continue to
make some more heart cookies.
For more information of how to decorate this way,
go to Sweetopia’s YouTube page. She has a
wonderful tutorial on what I did today, except
hers look so, so great!
Click here to see how she does it!
See you tomorrow when we will do some
add ons to the basic decorated cookie
that we did today!
Don’t forget about our
Random Acts of Kindness Giveaway Blog Hop! We are giving away a cookie decorating kit full of
useful things you are sure to use!
Click on the link for your chance to win.
Our giveaway ends Tuesday at midnight!!
Thanks for joining me today!
Hope to see you tomorrow!
