Stocking Up for Christmas
Make cookies using Christmas stocking-shaped molds and decorate them with icing in patterns such as stripes and dots.
Ingredients
Roll-Out Cookies (p. 87)
Royal Icing (p. 87)
18 Pc. Holiday Cutter Set
1
Violet, Rose, Leaf Green, Lemon Yellow, Orange (Violet and Rose mixed for color)
Instructions
1
Make Cookies
Prepare and roll out dough. Cut cookies using stocking cutter from set. Bake and cool.
2
Outline and Fill
Using tip 3, outline cookies with full-strength icing, flow in with thinned icing. For striped design, flow in each section before previous section dries.
3
Decorate Details
For other designs, decorate immediately after flowing in stocking using tip 2 for dots, tip 1s for spirals. Let dry overnight.
4
Edge Decoration
Using full-strength icing, pipe tip 352 pull-out leaf cuffs.