Apple Barrel Cookie (Tutorial)

September 10, 2012 Pam Sneed

To make an Apple Barrel you will need:

I started off with a coffee cup cutter from SweetArtFactory.

I used my mini moon cutter to cut around the top

giving the appearance of apples sitting within a barrel.

First outline/flood the barrel's horizontal slates with dark brown glaze.

Once it has dried for an hour or so, add the tan vertical slates

and the red base to the top.

My first attempt at this apple barrel,

I shoved halved mini apple cookies that had been covered in red glaze into

the "pile of apples".

I wasn't extremely happy with the look of the apples,

so I tried again. :)

In my second attempt,

I took some extra dough and made tiny balls to resemble apples piled on top.

I wasn't sure it would work.......but I stepped out on faith and baked it.

The "apples" held their shape and did well when the red glaze was added.

I was extremely happy with the 3D look it gave the cookie. :)

After the cookie has dried a couple of hours,

you can add the brown stems and green leaves to the apples.

Oh....and don't forget the little staples on the horizontal slates.

Once the cookie has dried overnight,

you can add "wood markings" to the barrel with a brown food color marker.