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There’s something about sweet little mushroom cookies I’ve always loved. Besides their fairy tale charm, they’re easy to decorate and match so many cookie themes.
If you’d like to try them too, I’ve put together a wee video tutorial and a compilation of themes I’ve used them with below.
Alice in Wonderland Cookies & Shortbread Recipe (click here).
Woodland Cookies (click here).
Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Icing (click here).
Cookie Recipe
These are sugar cookies; you can find the recipe here. There are other cut-out cookie recipes here.
Royal Icing
You can find my favorite royal icing recipe here. The consistency of icing is key for easy decorating. Click here to see a YouTube video on finding the right icing thickness.
Decorating Items
What you’ll need (these are affiliate links):
- Piping Tips – PME #1.5
- Piping Bags
- Couplers
- Gel paste colors
- Cookie cutters here.
Decorating Steps
This video on outlining and flooding is a good place to start if you’re new to decorating cookies with royal icing. These cookie decorating basics YouTube videos may also be helpful to get you started.
Besides the video tutorial on YouTube which I’ve shared here, I’ve also shared a few how-to videos on Instagram, which you can see here.
If you have any questions or comments please feel free to drop me a line below in the comment section or on social media. You can find me on Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter and YouTube.
Happy decorating!
xo,
Marian
Maria Theresia says
Very cool how you show us your talents! Cute mushrooms, every one of it. Your are displaying your work always unique!
You are the best teacher. Looking forward for your next great idea.
ML
niner @ninerbakes.com says
Maria, I loved what you wrote.
And I totally agree. Love the video!!
You are such a wonderful, gifted teacher, Marian 🙂
Thank you for so much effort you put into all of your posts just so people can learn, for free. Incredible.
I still love this wooden cake stand your dad made, oh so beautfiful!
God bless you!! <3
Roshini says
Love them all. So magical! Pretty mushrooms have always been there in my fantasy world. Thank you for the lovely video Marian. Love your work always 🙂
marian says
Thank you so much for the comments ladies! xo
Milly Egan says
Love the idea of using the fairytale mushrooms as toppers. I would love to try this at home for autumn cupcakes. Milly x
Marian says
Hi Milly,
Thanks for your comments! I’ve actually used these as autumn cupcake toppers. So cute!