For the Love of Cookies

As you may know, I am a firm believer that love-inspired cookies never go out of style. I refuse to limit them to the month of February. Today I invite you to meet Fred, a hopelessly romantic gnome….

This is a very simple cookie project, that relies on a set of 5 cookie cutters, available at aliexpress.

Once you get all pieces baked, simply flood them with Royal icing in the colors of your choice. For the hat, I used a method taught by Amy from @seriouslysweet, to get the little fabric folding effect. Then I added a few little pink dots and next day painted some shading with blue gel dye highly diluted with vodka. The hands around the heart were piped with piping consistency Fleshtone from Chefmaster, which I also used for the nose.

The final detail I really like is air-brushing the edges with this product below…

It has a nice color, much lighter than black, very subtle. I love the way it gives an “aged” look to cookies, and I’ve been using it often, as you will be able to see in future posts.

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ONE YEAR AGO: Amy’s Tropical Treasures

TWO YEARS AGO: Jeweled Butterflies