To break things up a bit, I’ve split two Valentine cookie tutorial posts into two. Here is the first, including the teddy bear and blue floral cookie, and now onto the second!
The links to tools and recipes etc. following the video below:
Video – How to Decorate Floral Cookies with Royal Icing – Valentine Version
If you enjoy watching the video on a different platform, I’ve listed the various places on social media you can find it:
Cookie Design Ideas and Cutter Sources
Thanks to the following sources for the cookie cutters and design inspiration!
- Teddy Bear Cutter and Design by The Cookiery
- Heart Flower Cookie Cutter by The Cookiery
- Vase with Flowers Cutter by The Cookiery, design by The Millers Wife Custom Cookies
- Flower Branch Cookie Cutter and Design by 6 Bittersweets
- Heart Cutter by Wilton
- Floral Design Bunting by Rifle Paper Co.
Projector for Tracing on Cookies
The decorating techniques might be easy for those talented at drawing, but since I’m not the best at it, I like using a projector to help with the design. If you’d like to try the projector for this or other projects, my tutorial is HERE.
Royal Icing Recipe and Icing Consistencies
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.
Complete Guide to Royal Icing PDF
You can also find my Complete Guide to Royal Icing Consistency here.
Cookie Recipe
I used my cinnamon sugar cookie recipe for these, which you can find here. If you’d like to try a different cookie base, other recipes can be found here.
Cookie Designs Icing Consistencies
All the icing consistencies are medium, unless mentioned otherwise. You can find my Complete Guide to Royal Icing Consistency here.
Cookie Decorating Basics
Here are some posts which take you through cookie decorating basics. If you’re a beginner, you can use these videos as a guide to basic decorating. I’ll mention details unique to each cookie in each cookie section below:
{Video} Cookie Decorating Tools & How to Fill a Piping Bag
{Video} How to Outline and Flood Cookies with Royal Icing
{Video} How to Dry Cookies Decorated with Royal Icing
Decorating Tools
What you’ll need (The Amazon links are affiliate links):
- Piping Tips 1.5
- Piping Tips 4-6
- Piping Bags
- Tipless Piping Bags
- Couplers
- Americolor Gel Colors; Avocado, Super Black, Forest Green
- Wilton Gel Colors; Delphinium Blue, Pink, Brown, White
- Rainbow Dust ProGel Colors; Pink, Cream, Caramel, Strawberry
- Scribe Tool or Toothpicks
- Rainbow Dust Edible Ink Food Coloring Pens
- Pico Projector or Magnasonic Projector
- Arkon Remarkable Creators Phone and Tablet Stand (20% off with coupon code sweetopia)
Piping Bags
In terms of piping bags, I mainly used tipless piping bags for very fine details and PME 1.5 piping tips for most piping, and larger piping tips such as 4 to 6 to flood larger surfaces.
Puffy Royal Icing
If you’d like some tips and tricks on how to get that puffy royal icing look, I have a Digital Download Tutorial in my shop.
Besides the basics to decorating which I’ve shared above, here are a few notes about the the floral cookies:
- For all of them, if I piped fine lines or spikes, the icing was a thick consistency.
- For the most part, I like the tipless piping bag for very fine lines.
I think those are all the basics! Please feel free to ask me any questions in the comment section or on social media. You can find me on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter and YouTube.
Happy decorating!
xo,
Marian
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