This is a post with ideas to decorate cookies without a single drop of Royal icing. I know some people belong to the IHAA (Icing Hater Anonymous Association), and those folks deserve good looking cookies too.. Two methods use cookie dough dyed with different colors, and my favorite involves painting unbaked cookies with luster powder with the help of stencils. So many possibilities! So, let’s get this show on the road.
DYED COOKIE DOUGH, TWO WAYS
METHOD #1
Use your favorite sugar cookie recipe, keep most of it white, and separate portions that will be dyed pink, yellow and green. From that point, it is quite straightforward as you can see in the composite picture below.
METHOD #2
Super simple, you will also cut shapes of dyed dough, but instead of rolling, you can place them raw over the stick cookie and bake them that way.. Alternatively, you can bake them independently and stick them together with a tiny drop of icing. To add some charm to the design, I brushed the unbaked cookies with Americolor White for a crackled, vintage look.
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PAINTING COOKIES WITH LUSTER POWDER
This is such a cool technique, particularly nice using gold over chocolate cookies for the beautiful contrast. Just make sure the stencil is rolled gently over the dough, so that when you paint it the edges stay sharp. Luster powder with vodka is the best option because it dries so fast. Other types of colors will have a higher chance of smearing underneath the stencil. Keep that in mind.
The same exact method works great with many different colors brushed over light cookie dough. Below, copper and turquoise.
Additional examples of dark cookie with gold or silver painting.
It is really easy to decorate cookies without any icing, and for those who prefer a more austere cookie, these techniques are perfect.
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