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Textured Colored Dough Valentines Decorated Cookie Collection

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)

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!

 
2017 Valentines Decorated Cookie Collection
Happy Valentines Day Decorated Cookie Collection 2017
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Sweet on You Valentines Decorated Cookie Collection
Textured Colored Dough Valentines Decorated Cookie Collection
Textured Colored Dough Valentines Decorated Cookie Collection
Deer One Valentines Decorated Cookie (Tutorial)
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Love Ewe Valentines Day Decorated Cookies (Tutorial)
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Rimmed Autumn Leaf Cookies (Tutorial)





Rimming leaf-shaped cookies makes for a pretty yet EASY option for a fall cookie collection.

Coloring the dough will cut the decorating time way down.


Cut out the leaf shapes and bake as usual.

Outline the cookie with whatever color glaze you prefer.

On a paper plate or rimmed dish, cover the wet glaze with color coordinating sanding sugar.

Shake off the excess sugar.





Another rimmed effect........outline the cookies with glaze and allow them to dry overnight.

Mix almond extract with some gold luster dust and paint it on the dried outlines.



Oh the possibilities......so many......but so little time. ;)

2013 Fall Leaves Cookie Collection

Curled Autumn Leaf Cookies (Tutorial)

Add dimension to simple leaf cookies by baking some "curls" into them. :)

To minimize the amount of decorating needed,

work some food color gel into your dough before rolling out and cutting.

(Note: Using gloves while mixing in the color is advised. ;))

In prep for baking, roll up some aluminum foil into thin, long "cylinder ropes"

(the smaller the diameter the better)

and space them apart on the cookie sheet.  (see photo below)

Cut out the leaf cookies as usual.

Carefully lay them across the foil in various positions.

My foil "ropes" were a bit large and thus my cookies were nearly breaking at spots.

I recommend keeping the foil as condensed as possible.

Bake at same temperature and for the same amount of time.

Decorating is simple if you color the dough ahead.

Just add some brown

10-second glaze

vein lines to the leaves.

Dry overnight.

To add even more dimension, paint on some dry color dust.

I used

Sunflower

and 

Green Leaf

dusts.

Dip a dry brush into the container and shake off the excess.

Paint it onto the cookie around the vein lines.

Mason Jar Cookies





I made these jar cookies back around Easter.
At the time, I only had one jar cutter (The huge one on the right.)
I cut the other sizes by hand.

But since then, I've purchased several wonderful smaller mason jar cutters.
(Needless to say.....you be seeing many more jar cookies!)

Canning Jar B Style Cutter from Ecrandal (pictured on right above)

But without a cutter, it is still possible too.
I used a soda cutter to make the small jars. :)




I even "filled" the large one with jelly beans. :)


This one is my favorite......


Cookie Graduation Cap (Tutorial)





You know me.....and 3D cookies. Love 'em!

You'll need some chocolate cookie dough (or just color regular dough with black food color gel).
For one grad cap, you'll need 3-ovals cookies and 1-diamond cookie slightly bigger than the ovals.


With black 10-second glaze, "glue" the ovals and diamond together.

Add a black button to the mortarboard.

Then make a few tassel cookies (tutorial here) with bakers twine attached.....and you're ready to go!



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