So, the cool thing about this new blogging idea is that each year I can look back at previous cookie creations in either admiration or embarrassment or both, I guess. Well, this year I decided to try an idea inspired by a Sweet Sugar Belle design. She used some fancy equipment, but I managed to create some ok knock-offs with my amateur tools.
For the red and white striped cookies, she had used a KopyKake projector. It's basically like an old-school overhead projector (like the ones we used to use in grade school) that allows a design to be illuminated on the undecorated cookie, helping to ensure that your font/straight/curvy lines get traced in icing exactly how they appear on the paper design. A very helpful tool if this is your professional job. However, since the base model retails at around $200-300, and since I really only splurge on ingredients, food color, and decorative accents, I was ok with my wobbly lines on the striped cookie.
For the navy star cookies, she used a plastic stencil. Now that, I would be ok "splurging" on...only trouble was that I didn't know where or how to find one on short notice, so, I improvised. I used an exact-o knife and cardstock to create a little template, and then I used my Wilton color mist silver spray right over it. Of course, the cardstock became wet pretty quick and could not be re-used, but it served its purpose.
And, just for fun, I had my daughter help me create "fireworks" just like last year, since we had such fun decorating together. I put the red and blue icing on the wet white icing, and she used the toothpick to create the explosions.
All together, we thought it was a pretty patriotic platter.
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