The Light Brigade
Press the dough into mini ball-shaped molds and brush the baked cookies with edible pearl dust for a soft, luminous finish.
Ingredients
Roll-Out Cookies (p. 87)
Royal Icing (p. 87)
12-Piece Holiday Mini Cutter Set
1
Kelly Green, Christmas Red, Royal Blue, Orange, Lemon Yellow, Golden Yellow, Violet, Rose, Black (Violet mixed with Rose; Lemon Yellow mixed with Golden Yellow)
Silver Pearl Dust
Instructions
1
Making the Cookies
Prepare and roll out dough. Cut cookies using ornament cutter from set; trim off top point for threaded straight base. Bake and cool.
2
Outlining and Filling
Using gray for base and colors for bulb, outline cookies with tip 2 and full-strength icing. Flow in with thinned icing. Let dry overnight.
3
Decorating the Base
Pipe tip 3 lines over base; let dry about 1 hour then brush with Pearl Dust.
