You’re inspired by the cookie decorating trend on TV and social media, but how can you find your way through the maze of information out there? You turn to The Beginner’s Guide to Cookie Decorating.
In this comprehensive guide, Mary Valentino of Emma’s Sweets, a winner of the Food Network’s “Christmas Cookie Challenge,” reveals her latest and greatest easy techniques and designs that are perfect for beginner hobbyists.
Everything is included to help you advance your cookie-decorating skills, including information on basic supplies and upgrades, choosing and using color, tasty cookie and icing recipes, and an array of cookie designs: vivid flowers, adorable animals, cute clothing, seasonal motifs, and much more.
She also shares the most up-to-date simple techniques for creating wow effects, including easy hand painting, embellishing, piping, color blocking, sparkly effects, and using molds.
Watch your budding embellishment skills blossom with these ideas and inspiration:
Professional-looking cookie designs for every season and occasion
How to mix colors and create appealing palettes
Techniques and troubleshooting tips for getting the perfect icing consistency every time
No-fail, delicious cookie and icing recipes
How to get the most out of cookie cutters
How to achieve dimensional and texture effects that make cookies pop
Let cookie decorating star Mary Valentino show you how simple it is to create amazing cookies that taste as good as they look!
Introduction
1 BAKING BASICS
Tools for Baking
Cookie Recipes
2 DECORATING BASICS
Decorating Tools
Specialty Ingredients
Royal Icing Recipe
Storing Royal Icing
and Iced Cookies
Coloring Icing
Royal Icing Consistencies
Tools for Icing
Icing Cookies
Wet-on-Wet Icing Technique
Royal Icing Transfers
Basketweave
Hand Painting
Brushed Embroidery
Royal Icing Flowers
Fondant Accents
with Silicone Molds
3 SEASONAL COOKIES
Winter Cookies
SNOWFLAKE, KNITTED MITTENS AND POM-POM HAT, SNOWMAN, SNOWY TREE
Spring Cookies
BUNNY WITH FLORAL CROWN, CARROT, BIRD, FLOWER WITH LEAVES, FLOWER BASKET
Summer Cookies
SURFBOARD, HAWAIIAN SHIRT, FLIP-FLOPS, BATHING SUIT, BEACH AND SHELLS, STARFISH
Fall Cookies
LEAFY BRANCH, RUSTIC WREATH, SUNFLOWER, SUGAR SKULL, GHOST
4 CELEBRATION COOKIES
Mother’s Day Bouquet, Father’s Day Hamburger, Wedding/Anniversary Cake
Bonus Projects:
Repurposing Cookie Cutters
ELEPHANT, SANTA CLAUS
Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
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