We are deep into summer and what better cookies to depict the fun and action of the season but an amusement park theme.
When planning this set, I tried my best to add all the things that bring back the most memories experiencing the best in all those parks. :)
Enjoy your Summer everyone!
In keeping with the summer amusement park theme, I just HAD to make a bumper car.
I'd say this is probably one of my favorite rides as I was growing up.
The wait line was always long and the actual time in the cars was always too short. ;)
Great memories.....
Cut off the bottom 1/5 of a long fat oval cookie to make a nice flat surface for the bottom of the bumper car. I used these oval cutters.
Insert a sturdy straw into the back top of the car to leave a hole that you can later fill with a decorative straw. (see photos below)
Once the cookie is baked and cooled, outline and flood the bottom "bumper" with grey glaze as shown below. Next outline and flood the actual car in whatever color glaze you'd like.
After the car has dried for approximately 30 minutes, add details like a headlight, steering wheel, and seat back.
Dry overnight.
If desired, make a mixture of silver dust & alcohol (or clear extract, i.e. almond) and paint the grey portions of the car to give a shiny finish. (I'm sorry I forgot to get a photo of this step.)
Poke a decorative straw into the created hole at the back of the car and bend the top of the straw, as seen below.
Let the bumpy ride begin!
Cotton Candy......it's one of those things that doesn't feel real. You can see it and you can taste it, but it is like eating air....sweet air, that is. 😊
And yet, the memories it brings back are delightful.
I handcut these cookies, but I found a similar shaped cutter to recreate the cookies in this post.
Outline and flood the "cone" of the cookie with white glaze.
Outline and flood the remainder of the cookies with pink glaze. (see photo below)
Allow the icing to dry for about 15-30 minutes and then add detail lines. (see photo below)
After the cookie has dried overnight, combine super pearl dust with some alcohol (or clear extract; i.e. almond) and paint the pink part of the cookie to give it a "feather-y" look.
Now that is cotton candy with some substance. haha
After stumbling upon the idea of doing neon sign styled cookies back when I did a coffee shop cookie set, I can't get enough of it.
Here's a tutorial on neon sign styled cookies.
I just HAD to make a fun set in a summer-y amusement park theme. :)
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