Entertaining Elf
Transform snowman-mold cookies into elves using candy canes as limbs.
Ingredients
Roll-Out Cookies (p. 87)
Color Flow Icing (p. 87)
18 Pc. Holiday Cutter Set
1
Copper, Christmas Red, Kelly Green, Brown, Black food coloring
White Candy Melts
candy canes
jelly spearmint leaves
spice drops
cone-shaped corn snacks
Instructions
1
Make Cookies
Prepare and roll out dough. Cut cookies using snowman cutter from set; trim off hat and round top of head. Bake and cool.
2
Fill Base Color
Using tip 2, outline cookies with full-strength icing; flow in with thinned icing. For hat, cover corn snack with full-strength icing. Let all dry overnight.
3
Decorative Details
Using tip 2 and full-strength icing, pipe string hair, dot eyeballs and outline mouth; add tip 1 dot pupils; tip 3 pull-out nose, dot cheeks and outline suspenders. For ears, pipe tip 349 pull-out leaves. Pipe tip 2 dot buttons.
4
Assemble Limbs
Cut candy canes into 2 in. lengths for arms, 4 in. lengths for legs. Using melted candy in cut parchment bag, attach hat, arms and legs. Using tip 3 and melted candy, pipe zigzag cuffs on hat and pants, ball pompom on hat.
5
Make Hands and Shoes
For hands, roll out spice drops 1/4 in. thick on waxed paper sprinkled with sugar; cut shapes with scissors. Cut shoes from spearmint leaves. Cut openings in each and insert candy canes.
