For the Love of Cookies

I have made quite a few of those this year, so sit back and enjoy the collection…

WET-ON-WET

Wet-on-wet designs are the simplest and fastest to do, and can be quite effective… To make those, simply flood with one color, add 3 lines of a contrasting color and run the needle top to bottom from left to right, non-stop.

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To make the holly leaf design, simply pipe an oval of green over white, and pull the sides and ends gently with a needle. Super simple and fun.

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Slightly more complex, this design requires a few colors to be piped in different areas and then pulled with the needle in lines coming from top or bottom to the center. Steps of the flooding shown below.

Perhaps my favorite of the wet-on-wet series, the one below was coupled with fondant pieces.

You can see a video of how this easy design is made clicking here. Check at 2 min and 30 seconds, where she starts the design.

STENCIL WITH ROYAL ICING

Love this type of decoration, in which you scrape thick Royal icing on a stencil, and then spray some luster gold before lifting the stencil.

Same concept, but with contrasting colors. Inspired by The Flour Gardener. I coupled a little Christmas tree with the same colors.

LINES AND TEXTURES

For this design, I flooded three areas and then once that set I came with contrasting colors to pipe details. I custom-designed a similar set for my stepson Alex, his wife Courtnie and their baby Leo. In this case I used gingerbread cookies and made holes so they could hang the cookies from their Christmas tree.

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These relied on sanding sugar or sprinkles to add texture to different sections.

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Another simple design, just flooded with white, then little details added with piping consistency icing in red and green.

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Just a little more complex, this one is made in stages, with the first layer having to set fully before adding the piped details and then painting the central line with gold.

FONDANT PIECES

Similar to designs I made in the past, this relies on fondant pieces painted with gold or pink, and a simple fine line piped in black as the string.

That closes the series of Christmas Ornaments for 2024! I did not get to do all the designs I had in mind, but there’s always next year!

ONE YEAR AGO: Christmas Trees

TWO YEARS AGO: Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

THREE YEARS AGO: Christmas Cookies