Golden Valentines Decorated Cookie Collection

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It's funny.....every year I want to do both "formal" and "casual" Valentines cookies. Here's what I came up with for the fancy side of the holiday. haha

Gold always transforms a set of cookies. In fact, when my husband took some of these cookies to work (his co-workers are often the recipients of my projects), many said these were over-the-top of any I'd ever done. I don't know about that.....but I do know that when you add gold to a set, it definitely takes them to a more elegant status.

Starting the season with some golden love..... ❤️

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Polka-Dot Embossed Heart Plaque Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

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Heart with Lace Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

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Knitted Valentines Heart Decorated Sugar Cookies YouTube video HERE

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Painted Heart with Edible Clay Cut-Out Decorated Sugar Cookies YouTube video HERE

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Lacey  Circle Heart Decorated Sugar Cookies YouTube video HERE  Valentine Heart & Cameo Decorated Sugar Cookies YouTube video HERE

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Embossed Valentine Gift Tag Decorated Sugar Cookies YouTube video HERE

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Embossed Cookie Dough Valentines Decorated Cookies Blog Post HERE     Lace Embossed Valentines Heart Decorated Cookies YouTube video HERE

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Valentines Plaque Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

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Embossed Cookie Dough Valentines Decorated Cookies

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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

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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

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Happy Valentines Day Decorated Cookie Collection 2017

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Oh the love...... spread one cookie at a time. 

Valentines Day is the perfect holiday to make cookies for those we love.
And the decorating doesn't have to be complicated.....simple goes a long way.

On this day of expressing love, I wanted to take a moment once again to tell you how much I appreciate your presence on this site.
My ultimate goal is to spread love with cookies.....and you allow me to do that.
Thank you!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 
It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, 
it keeps no record of wrongs. 
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled;
where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 
For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child.
When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 
For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. 
Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. 
But the greatest of these is love.
I Corinthians 13:4-13

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Love Ewe Valentines Decorated Cookies

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Deer One Valentines Decorated Cookies

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Deer One Valentines Decorated Cookies

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Textured Colored Dough Valentines Decorated Cookie Collection

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Sweet on You Valentines Decorated Cookie Collection

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Textured Colored Dough Valentines Decorated Cookie Collection

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For some relatively easy and quick cookies that go over-the-top in texture, 
try coloring the dough (knead color gel into the dough until you achieve the desired color)
and then rolling a texture mat over the top of the dough before cutting it out.
(see photo below)

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It is truly amazing how intricate these cookies look
and yet how easy it was to achieve the detail.

Check out some of my favorite texture mats HERE.

Happy texturizing with love!

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