If you’ve been following my cookie blog, you are familiar with all the online classes taught by Amy from Seriouslysweet. For the new year, she came up with a very fun series: each month we get to make two cookies, one gnome and one floral, with a similar color scheme so that they go together like a perfect match. January started with Frosty Gnome and his blue-tone flower. I cannot tell you how much fun it was to bring these cookies to life, and you can do it too! Just join her site (link below) and sign up for the whole series. You will need the cookie cutters also, although you could conceivably cut them by hand or use a similar cutter you already own. The videos are all pre-recorded and the classes follow her usual format, so you will also receive a little card with all the specific things you need for each cookie.
To join Amy’s online tutorials, visit her site clicking here.
I love when cookies make me smile, and these gnomes do it, big time! So many details… First, you need to make the nose with fondant or modeling chocolate, once that is ready you can start piping the different sections and adding all the bells and whistles.
Apart from the fondant noses, you’ll need little snowflakes made with wafer paper and a small punch type cutter, but if you don’t have that, you can add snow-shaped sprinkles. The paper creates a nice lift, though. The gloves get some texture with the needle, and the beard is made using one of Amy’s favorite techniques, which I don’t feel it is right to share, as the class is a paid event. The final touch is a large snowflake made with fondant, and spray painted with Wilton pearl Color Mist. I made a little heart to go with that set also… Aren’t the gnomes the cutest?
The matching flowers are much simpler to make, even if they seem complicated. All you need is Royal icing in the right consistency (thick), a petal and a leaf piping tips. I added some sprinkles to the center and once the icing was fully set I painted the edges with luster powder, white for the petals and copper for the leaves.
I’ve enjoyed every single online class from Amy, but this one has got to be one of my favorites of all times! It was wonderful to see that little gnome taking shape, and although it is not a class for beginners – you need to be comfortable making and handling Royal icing in several different consistencies – it is not over the top advanced.
If you’d like to challenge your cookie decorating a bit, I urge you to join Amy’s site and sign up for the upcoming classes. Her group on Facebook keeps getting bigger and bigger, it is great to see everybody making progress in their own path of decorating cookies.
Amy, I look forward to February and its set of gnome and floral!
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Hi Sally! Marilyn Pritchard here, a.k.a. Here’s the Dish blogger. I’m wondering if you share your recipe for royal icing, or if you use someone else’s, would you kindly provide a link? Thank you!
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Sure, Marlyn – I use two different recipes and lately have been using Daniela’s because it uses meringue powder instead of fresh egg whites…
https://www.hanielas.com/fresh-lemon-royal-icing/
if you like to use fresh egg whites, I recommend this one that I blogged about in my main blog and it is from my friend Tanya Ott.
I sometimes try different ones, and to be honest with you, once I got the hang of the consistencies, they all work fine, although some might crust too fast to do elaborate wet-on-wet designs. I hope this helps – most of my recipes are in my main food blog, so if you find something in this cookie site and like the specific recipe, I can help you out!
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Thank you!
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