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Embossed Cookie Dough Valentines Decorated Cookies

As this Valentines season drew close, I really wanted to incorporate texture into the cookie dough before baking... to take advantage of that beautiful 3D look. Once you've rolled it into the dough and baked it, all you have to do is dust it to emphasize the impressions.

The most important part of this process is rolling the texture into the dough before baking. Here's a video (of a different project) showing how to place the texture mat face down on the dough and use the pressure of the rolling pin to make the impressions into the dough before baking it. The relevant part is at the very beginning of the video.

Once the cookies are baked and cooled, brush food coloring or dust over the surface to bring out all the details. For these Valentine cookies, I used Americolor Bright White gel for some and gold dust mixed with vodka for others.

After completing the dusting of the textures, embellish the cookies with layered patterns, mini cookies, or cut-out edible clay pieces.

The background texture really makes these cookies "pop". 

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Embossed Valentine Gift Tag Decorated Sugar Cookies YouTube video HERE        Tag Cutters found HERE

This set shows the same mold or texture shown on two different cookies. One cookie has impressed dough before baking, and one uses a edible clay mold added on top of a plain cookie. YouTube video HERE

 

Lacy Heart Cookies (Tutorial)





Pretty lace.......it's exquisite.
My attempts at lace in the past have been pretty lame.
There's some awesome decorators out there who pipe tiny dots all over a cookie
and produce an AMAZING effect. 
That's just not me. 
Glaze has some limitations......and....I guess *I* do too. :)

But this attempt at least produced an effect I'm happy with.


Outline and flood a scalloped border around a heart cookie in white glaze.


After the border has dried for about one hour (time may vary),
use a long thin tool like a cake tester to make lines within the scalloped edges.


I have two cake testers......a thin one for the lines, indents, and tiny holes.....
and a thick one for larger holes around the edges.


Next outline and flood another scalloped border with the first one.


After it has dried for about hone hour, add holes and other details with the cake testers.


Outline and flood a straight heart shape around the base of the second scalloped border.
(see photo below)
This can be done in whatever glaze color desired.


They are fairly simple with a stunning effect. :)



Valentines 2014 Cookie Collection
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