How to Make Edible Easter Tree Decorations
Decide which designs you'll use., Roll out the cookie dough., Use the cookie cutters to cut out the chosen shapes. , Use the skewer to pierce holes at the top of each cookie shape. , Place in the oven and bake as long as the recipe requires., If...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Decide which designs you'll use.
This will likely depend on what cookie cutters you have available but you can also cut around cardboard templates, although this is more painstaking.
Typical designs would include eggs, bunnies, chicks and lambs.
If you don't have the right shapes, you can always make in your own cookie cutters. -
Step 2: Roll out the cookie dough.
Make sure it is an even thickness.
Use flour on the board to help prevent the dough sticking. ,,, Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a wire cooling rack.
Use the skewer to fix any holes that have closed up during the baking. , To color sugar paste, place the desired amount into a small plastic bag and add the coloring to the bag. , Use the same cutters that you have used to make the cookies.
Cut out as many shapes as you have cookies needing decorating. , Press the sugar paste shape onto the cookie.
Repeat for each cookie.
Remember to pierce the hole through the sugar paste as well. , Add small dots, stars, lines, etc. to give the cookies facial features or patterns. ,, Cut lengths of ribbon that are about 25cm/10".
Thread the ribbon through the hole in the cookie and tie onto the Easter tree.
Repeat for each cookie. , -
Step 3: Use the cookie cutters to cut out the chosen shapes.
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Step 4: Use the skewer to pierce holes at the top of each cookie shape.
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Step 5: Place in the oven and bake as long as the recipe requires.
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Step 6: If coloring the sugar paste
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Step 7: do so now.
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Step 8: Roll out the sugar paste to a slight
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Step 9: even width.
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Step 10: Dab or pipe a little royal icing onto the cookie surface.
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Step 11: To add more decorative effects
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Step 12: consider piping royal icing in a color different from the one you've added to each cookie.
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Step 13: Allow the cookies to set overnight.
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Step 14: Prepare the cookies for hanging.
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Step 15: Finished.
Detailed Guide
This will likely depend on what cookie cutters you have available but you can also cut around cardboard templates, although this is more painstaking.
Typical designs would include eggs, bunnies, chicks and lambs.
If you don't have the right shapes, you can always make in your own cookie cutters.
Make sure it is an even thickness.
Use flour on the board to help prevent the dough sticking. ,,, Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a wire cooling rack.
Use the skewer to fix any holes that have closed up during the baking. , To color sugar paste, place the desired amount into a small plastic bag and add the coloring to the bag. , Use the same cutters that you have used to make the cookies.
Cut out as many shapes as you have cookies needing decorating. , Press the sugar paste shape onto the cookie.
Repeat for each cookie.
Remember to pierce the hole through the sugar paste as well. , Add small dots, stars, lines, etc. to give the cookies facial features or patterns. ,, Cut lengths of ribbon that are about 25cm/10".
Thread the ribbon through the hole in the cookie and tie onto the Easter tree.
Repeat for each cookie. ,
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