Aladdin Genie Cookies

For these cookies, I used the ghost cookie cutter that is included in the Wilton 101-Piece Cookie Cutter set. I started with a sketch. I traced the outside of the ghost cookie cutter and then sketched the figure of the genie inside the cookie cutter outline. I then used an Artograph projector to illuminate my sketch onto the cookies. This worked fairly well, but, even with my sketch, I had to adjust the position of the genie's arms and tail on the cookies every so often.

I began by outlining the face and body of the genie in blue and then added the red sash, gold cuffs, eyes (black outline filled in with white), and mouth. Then I flooded the genie's hands, chest, and tail in blue. All that was left was to add a few remaining details - mainly the line on the genie's chest, beard, and hair - and then let the cookies dry overnight. I drew the pupil of his eye, the black line across his mouth, and his nose with a black food dye marker.

Elmo Birthday Cookies

I made these cookies for my own little Elmo fan who turns two years old tomorrow.

Lego Movie Cookies

I had a Lego minifigure cookie cutter, but I wanted to make Emmet from the Lego movie and my cutter didn't have any hair. (It had the look of a hairless lego head.) When I was cutting out the cookies from the dough, I added the hair by cutting out additional pieces of dough and attaching them to the head. It made for some additional work, but this did what I needed. I piped the grey suspenders on top of the orange icing while it was still wet to make it look like they were painted on. I mostly piped on all the details with royal icing but I used a food dye marker for the details around his blue shirt and to draw on his face.

Military Tank Cookies

I found the cookie cutter at www.cheapcookiecutters.com, and I used the wet-on-wet technique to make the camo.

Hello Kitty Cookies

Princess Tea Party Cookies

Dr. Seuss Cookies

Dr. Seuss themed cookies: Cat in the Hat hats, Green eggs for Green Eggs and Ham, and blue and red fish for One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.

I've included some pictures of the cookies while they were in progress. For the hat cookies, I used a Crooked Hat Cookie Cutter. I outlined these cookies first with royal icing in a stiff, piping consistency. I used a Wilton #3 tip for the outline since a slightly wider line worked better for these particular cookies. Next I filled in the spaces with white and red 20-second icing, and, after they dried, I drew the little scribbly details with my black food dye marker.

I had to mix two batches of white icing since I hadn't made enough initially, and I had some cratering issues with the second batch. I'm fairly certain that it was because the second batch was slightly thinner and had more water than my original mixture. I've determined that for thin, enclosed spaces (like the spaces at the bottom of the hats), thicker icing holds up better than icing that is more watered down.



For the fish, I outlined them first with a Wilton #2 tip in black icing and then filled them in with red and blue flood icing. Once the red and blue icing was dry, I piped on the eyes and mouth with my remaining black icing and drew on the addition details with my black food dye marker.

For the eggs, I piped white, 20-second icing onto a round cookie. I gave it the asymmetrical look of a fried egg and filled it in immediately after it was outlined. One the white icing was dry, I added the green egg yolks with 20-second icing, and piped on a few black lines as added detail.

Snowflake Cookies

For a Disney's Frozen themed birthday party.

Eiffel Tower Paris Cookies

For the Eiffel Tower cookies, I followed the tutorial at Oh Sugar Events. I created a stencil for the  Paris cookies' wording and originally airbrushed the letters on with black food dye. The airbrushed black didn't turn out as dark and distinct as I wanted so I pulled out my food dye markers and traced over the letters in black. This gave me the look that I wanted.

Since these cookies were for an elementary school fundraising auction, I decided that they needed a pretty presentation. I individually wrapped each cookie in a clear, cellophane bag, tied the end with a white, curling ribbon, and then put them in a Wilton cupcake box (without the cupcake insert). This box was the ideal size for a dozen Eiffel Tower cookies and a half-dozen oval-shaped Paris cookies.

Superbowl XLVIII - Seahawks Cookies