Black and Blue Cookies

I used homemade fondant for the blue circles, a fondant stamp to make the paisley design in the center, and glace icing for the dots.


First attempt at using a stencil to decorate a cookie.



Homemade stencil. I think it turned out okay (and worked pretty well) for using the plastic lid from a Utz snack container. :o)



STATS:

No Fail Sugar Cookies
http://cakecentral.com/recipes/2055/no-fail-sugar-cookies

Rhonda's Ultimate Marshmallow Fondant
(Minus the corn syrup. I didn't want the fondant to stretch.)
http://cakecentral.com/recipes/3183/rhondas-ultimate-mmf

Glace Icing
1 cup confectioner's sugar : 1 Tbsp. light corn syrup : 1 Tbsp. milk
(Adjust amount of milk to achieve desired consistency in icing.)
(I added a little cocoa powder along with brown food coloring to make the brown icing.)

Pink and Brown Cookies

Spillage

I used too much white icing as the base on this one. Once I started adding the stripes, the icing flooded over my border.

Salvaged...sort of

Once the icing set, I used a sharp knife to cut away the spilled icing. Then I piped dots around the edge to cover up the mess.

Swirls


Plaid and Hearts


Flower


Chocolate Swirl


STATS:

Khalstead's Modified No Fail Sugar Cookies (using butterscotch flavored pudding)
http://cakecentral.com/recipes/15218/khalsteads-modified-nfsc

Glace icing
1 cup confectioner's sugar : 1 Tbsp. light corn syrup : 1 Tbsp. milk
(Adjust amount of milk to achieve desired consistency in icing.)
(I added a little cocoa powder along with brown food coloring to make the brown icing.)

Raspberry Almond Cookies

I found this recipe online and it is so good!

http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/raspberry-and-almond-shortbread-thumbprints/Detail.aspx

Ball of Yarn Cookie

On cakecentral.com, there is a forum section that is all about cookies. Every month, the cookie club chooses a different theme and the members design new cookies and share new techniques with each other. The theme this month was "Inspirational Women." I decided to make a cookie that reminded me of my grandma.

These are strawberry cake mix cookies. Grandma always has a great garden and let us pick strawberries from it. She also taught us how to make strawberry jam. She taught me how to knit and crochet, so I decided to decorate the cookie to look like a ball of yarn.

I placed a flat circle of fondant on top of the cookie, then I used a sharp knife to carve the lines into the circle of fondant. Then I just rolled a small piece of fondant into a thin "snake" and coiled it on top to look like the end of the yarn.

STATS:

 Cake Mix Cookies
http://letsgetcaking.blogspot.com/2009/10/cake-mix-cookies-recipe.html

Rhonda's Ultimate Marshmallow Fondant
 http://cakecentral.com/recipes/3183/rhondas-ultimate-mmf