I am super excited about this new method to paint cookies, which was brought to my attention by Gretchen, a member of the Facebook group Great British Bake Off Fans. It was funny because she thought I had made a video about it, when in fact I had no idea what that was all about. After some back and forth conversations, we ended up finding the right source, and I jumped on the decoration right away to give it a try.
These are very small cookies, made with this type of cutter. At the longest dimension they are about 2.5 inches (6 cm). Pretty adorable. The meringue painting technique is appropriate for naked cookies, I could not quite make it work on Royal icing. The original video that explains the technique can be found here, but the basic recipe is as follows:
1 tablespoon meringue powder
2 teaspoons of water
1 teaspoon powdered sugar
Whisk gently but thoroughly. The suspension is ready to use, just add a tiny bit of color and paint on the surface of your baked cookie.
I have used gel colors (Americolor brand) and Sugarprism and they both work similarly. I have not tried to mix luster powder, but will do so in the near future and let you know how it goes. The best way to do it efficiently is to pick one color and paint all cookies with that color, then move to the next one. The suspension goes on very smoothly and it does not take very long to dry.
The batch above was made with Sugarprism diluted in the meringue suspension. These were a lot of fun to decorate, and by working with one color at a time, it goes pretty fast.
So this is yet another example of cookies with no icing, for those who prefer them this way. Using Sugarprism has the added advantage of the nice vanilla taste it brings to the party. No bitter flavors, even if you use the brightest red. Love the product! You can check all that is available on Michelle’s site, with a click here.
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