Although fall is officially here, last week it was ninety-plus degrees with eighty percent humidity, so I thought I'd give summer one last hurrah with a set of ice cream and popsicle decorated sugar cookies.
I shipped this set of cookies off to Chicago since we missed a dear friend's daughter's fourth birthday. That's one of the stinky parts of not living in Chicago – we miss a lot of celebrations! But that doesn't stop us from contributing to the party. Nintey-nine percent of the docrated cookies I create get sent to various friends and family around the country.
Along with the ice cream and popsicle sugar cookies, I also made a few monogram cookies using royal icing transfers. The Barefoot Baker has a wonderful tutorial on royal icing transfers and a ton of creative templates.
For the monogram cookies, I used a wet-on-wet technique to decorate the cookie before placing the royal icing transfer on the wet cookie. Wet-on-wet technique simply means piping royal icing directly on top of wet royal icing.
In order to add a bit more texture to the cookie, I added some sanding sugar to the royal icing transfer while it was still wet.
For the popsicles, I also added some sanding sugar and a tiny heart on the popsicle sticks to make them just a bit more special.
For the ice cream cones, I started by using piping icing to outline each of the ice cream cone's elements:
Then I flooded the hot fudge portion of the cone with dark brown royal icing. After letting the flood icing dry for a minute or two, I added the sprinkles.
Next I flooded the cherry with red icing. Then I flooded the cone portion with tan icing, and while it was still wet, I piped the lines of the cone with dark brown icing (using the wet-on-wet technique again).
To finish the cones, I flooded the ice cream portion of the cone, and added a little white accent line to the cherry on top.
The sugar cookie and royal icing recipes can be found here.
Materials for Decorating the Cookies:
Ivory piping and flood icing
Pink piping and flood icing
Light green piping and flood icing
Tan piping and flood icing
Dark Brown piping and flood icing
Pink sanding sugar
Green sanding sugar
Rainbow sprinkles
Royal icing transfers in the monogram desired
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Aida, my jaw dropped when I saw these cookies! They are positively gorgeous! I love all the different techniques you utilized: wet on wet, sanding sugar, sprinkles. Just brilliant! I’m sharing these on my cookie art Pinterest board. Beautifully done!
These cookies are gorgeous, Aida! I do not have the patience to do things like this so I’m always admiring people who do 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing at #allmybloggyfriends this week! Enjoy your weekend!
Beautiful cookies, Aida! These are a perfect treat!
What a bright and beautiful gift to send. I’m sure she loved it and I bet they didn’t last long with a 4 year old. I’m pinning! I found your link on Sew Can Do
These are too cute. I love finding cute cookies or cakes that someone has made, and you did a great job!
Fabulous!! I love everything about these. I’ve featured them this week – stop by and grab a Featured On button. Thanks for linking to the Craftastic Monday party at Sew Can Do!
Hi Allie,
Thanks for the kind comment on the cookies. I’m still relatively new at decorating, so it’s a work in progress! Thanks for pinning them!
Best,
Aida
Hi Jamie,
Thanks so much! I love decorating, knitting, baking, etc. all items that are tedious but help me relax. Thanks for stopping by The Crafting Foodie, and thanks for hosting such a great link party It’s one of my favorites.
Best,
Aida
Hi Stephanie,
Thank you so much! Isn’t it fun to see what other’s create? And I feel the same way, I love looking at creative cakes and cookies. It can suck hours away from the other work I should be doing! Thanks for stopping by The Crafting Foodie!
Best,
Aida
These are SO cute! My daughters would go absolutely wild over them. Good job!
Thanks so much! My girls wanted me to make some for them right after I mailed these. Thanks for the kind comment, and thanks for stopping by The Crafting Foodie.
Best,
Aida