It's Cookie Journey Thursday here at The Freshman Cook! I made cupcake cookies today. They are festive and happy and simple to decorate, and you can't help but smile when you see one!
Cupcake Cookies!
I used Americolor Orange for the frosting,
and Americolor Electric Green for the cupcake cup.
The lines on the cup were made with the Electric Green also.
I just used less of it when I was mixing the colors.
Start by outlining the cupcake cup area of the cookie.
Fill in the cup. I used a #3 tip to outline and fill in.
Outline and fill in the frosting area of the cookie.
I made it overlap the cupcake cup just because I thought
it looked nice. I used a # 5 tip for this.
Sprinkle some decorating candy dots over the frosting.
Add the lines with a #1 tip. This is an area where
I need some practice! To me, this is one of the hardest
things to do in cookie decorating. Those darn lines!!
I will be practicing this during the week.
A Birthday Cake Cookie!
Today is Cookie Journey Thursday! This week we are learning how to make a birthday cake cookie! This cookie is a lot of fun and the colors are bright and happy like a birthday cake cookie should be!
Monday starts the new school year here in town! I can tell by the crowds in the stores that everyone is very busy gathering new school supplies like notebooks, and lunch boxes, and pencils. Well, you can scratch pencils off the list because we have them right here!
Back To School Pencil Cookies
I cut these out myself, which explains why
some of them are not as straight as they should be.
But anyway, I outlined and filled in the main part
of the pencil with Wilton Buttercup Yellow.
I used a #2 tip.
I outlined and filled in the eraser part of the pencil
with Americolor Soft Pink and Electric Pink mixed together.
I used an Americolor Electric Green for the two lines.
Outline the lead area of the pencil with Americolor Super Black.
Fill in the lead area with the black.
Happy Back To School!
What I learned:
#1.
I measured and cut out each pencil.
I should have made a stencil.
As I cut and moved the dough,
I think it got too soft because it
took me so long and I didn't realize
how crooked they became.
#2.
I am not happy with my green lines. My icing was too thin
and I should have made it thicker before using it. I thought
it would work, and when I saw it didn't, I was a bit nervous
about taking it off and redoing it. I was afraid it would
make things worse.
So, I am still taking three steps forward and one step back in trying to
become a better cookie decorator. But I am still working on it.
Let me know if you are working with me. It's fun!
Thanks for joining me.
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I know I am showing my age here now, but when I was a little girl, flip flops used to be called thongs. Do you remember that? Of course now, flip flops and thongs are definitely 2 very different things. However, I still have a tendency to slip up once in a while and call my flip flops "thongs" and although I try to catch myself before I say it out loud, this is forever a source of humor for my husband. (So glad to be available for his amusement!)
Never the less, it is Cookie Journey Thursday and we are making sugar cookie flip flops! I have this cute little container that I think would make such a great gift if it was filled with matching flip flop cookies. So today I made two of the designs. I hope they make you smile!
Flip Flop Cookies
Outline the pink and the green cookie.
I used Americolor Soft Pink
and Americolor Electric Green
I also used a Wilton tip #2.
Fill in the pink flip flip and .....
the green one.
I made a little flower cookie for the center of the pink cookie.
Outline and fill in with Americolor Orange.
Use Americolor Electric Blue and a #2 tip to make
a strap for your flip flop.
Attach the flower to the center top of the strap.
Freehand some white, 5 petal flowers of your green flip flop.
Place a small pink dot in the center of each flower.
Make the straps for the flip flop in the same pink as your dots.
Thanks for joining me as I continue to work on
improving my cookie decorating skills. I am still a long way
from where I want to be, but I am closer than I was.
Today for Cookie Journey Thursday, I made some simple, pretty mini sugar cookies shaped like a flower. I thought they fit in perfectly with our "Mini Week" of desserts.
To make these cookies I used a Wilton #2 tip
and the following colors:
Americolor Super Red, Turquoise, and Leaf Green
and Wilton Violet.
To get the different shades of the same color, I just
used fewer drops when mixing the color.
Outline your flower cookie and then...
fill in with the same color.
Let dry.
Place a white dot in the center of each cookie
with a Wilton tip #4.
Enjoy !
Simple and sweet and mini!
(and you can eat more than one because they're small)
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