I love cookie cutters...especially BAKING themed cookie cutters. I had so much fun designing these shapes and decorating these cookies!! (by the way, if you love this post, I share some bonus baking themed cookie sets below!)
*If you're a member of the Flour Box Club, you'll find these cutters and Live, Love, Bake stencil in your Winter club box!!
Check out the step-by-step video tutorial!
Layering two stencil techniques is a fun way to decorate cookies! Check out the video tutorial for tips on how to do this!
The THREE cookie cutters are exclusive Flour Box designs: Hand Mixer, Stacked Bowls, and Spatula with Icing. They can only be found here - CLICK HERE!
Cookie Yield
For a single batch of dough, you can make about 20-24 of these cookies. I should note that I roll my cookies to 1/4" thick using the Dough EZ Rolling Mat System. The thickness of your cookies will impact your yield. Before I bake my cookies, I like to sketch them out and come up with a decorating and icing color plan!
COOKIE RECIPE: For a cookie recipe and rolling and baking video CLICK HERE - this recipe can be doubled in a KitchenAid Mixer.
Prepping the Royal Icing
For a single batch of dough, I typically use a single batch of icing. Since I'm using a KitchenAid mixer, I made a double batch of icing and split it in half (reserving half for another project).
This cookie set has 6 icing colors using 4 gels. I made a dark and light version of both the Turquoise and Rose Pink.
l don't measure exactly...I estimate. For a more detailed look at icing planning, CLICK HERE to read this helpful blog post.
ICING PLAN BY THE OUNCE (THIS IS BASED ON MAKING 5 OF EACH OF THESE 4 COOKIE DESIGNS - 20ISH COOKIES)
White - 3 oz (pipe and flood)
Gray - 3 oz (pipe and flood)
Dark Turquoise - 3 oz (pipe and flood)
Light Turquoise - 3 oz (pipe and flood)
Dark Rose Pink - 3 oz (pipe and flood)
Light Rose Pink - 3 oz (pipe and flood)
For a royal icing recipe and video CLICK HERE - this recipe can be doubled in a KitchenAid Mixer.
A few Extra Decorating Tips
Project Timeline
Plan ahead to enjoy the most success with your cookie project! I break up the decorating process. It works better with my life to do a little each day. Here is the schedule for this cookie project and estimated times on how long each phase takes.
DAY 1
Mix Dough (30 mins), Chill Dough (2 hours inactive time), Roll and Bake (1 hour), Mix Royal Icing and Prep Icing Colors - it is helpful to make the colors the day before you decorate because the color will deepen overnight (1 hour).
DAY 2
Outline and Flood Cookies (1-2 hours), Allow to dry in front of fan before adding details (1 hour for standard cookies or 5-6 hours for stenciled cookies). Piping details and stenciling (1.5-2 hours)
**ALLOW COOKIES TO FULLY DRY 18-24 HOURS BEFORE PACKING. STORE IN A COOL OVEN OVER NIGHT.**
DAY 3
For tips on packing cookies, CLICK HERE to check out this helpful blog post with links to my favorite packing and shipping materials.
Recreate these!
I would be so flattered if you recreated these cookies!
Be sure to tag @theflourboxshop or use hashtag #theflourbox so I can see what you create!
Common Tools in this Tutorial:
- 4 Food Gels: Turqoise, Rose Pink, Black Diamond, and Bright White
- 12 Icing Bags
- 6 Tip #2 (PME or Wilton brand)
- 1 Tip 3 (Wilton) for the leaves and sunflower petals
- 6 Couplers
- Royal Icing Scraper for stenciling
- Rainbow Nonpareils
- Stencil Genie (optional)
- Airbrush System (optional)
- Pink and White Airbrush Color (optional)
- Small Bowl (optional)
- Craft Brush (optional to mix airbrush color)
Coming Soon! My next tutorial is going to show how to make these cute cookie sheet cookies...
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More Inspiration!
A dress cutter doubles as an apron!
I used a girl cutter to make these baking friends!
This is just a fun assortment of baking themed cookies!
How about a throwback to Christmas 2012 with this sweet holiday set!
Or this baking set I created to say 'Thank you'!
I love this cookie sheet...I've made this many times over the years and will be sharing an updated tutorial soon!
I hope you enjoy your National Cookie Day!!!
Happy Decorating!
Anne
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