how to decorate Valentines Day cookies

Rustic Weathered Wood Ombre Heart Decorated Cookie

This idea came when I saw a photo of a rustic ombre heart with vintage paint across the wood surface. So I guess it's a combination of ombre, wood plank, and peeling paint. 😳

 

Add impressed lines across the cookie dough before baking. 
Paint the cooled cookie surface in white food color gel.
Using thickened glaze, spread random amounts across the planks to give it that rustic look.

A fairly simple technique for a very trendy design... 💗

 

Golden Valentines Decorated Cookie Collection

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..... ❤️

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

Heart with Lace Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

Knitted Valentines Heart Decorated Sugar Cookies YouTube video HERE

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

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

Embossed Valentine Gift Tag Decorated Sugar Cookies YouTube video HERE

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

Valentines Plaque Decorated Sugar Cookie YouTube video HERE

 

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". 

❤️

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

 
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