Pink Iced Sugar Cookies That Say Baby Bear

Ducky, Teddy Comport, Seahorse, Flamingo, Sheep, & Bloom Cookies are perfect for Easter, a baby shower or a baby gift basket. I but wanted to show you how you can use a design on a card, gift wrap/bag, or clothing to go a pattern for cookies. Very special friends were having babies… How heady!! This calls for something special.I made these for a baby shower but these would exist perfect for Easter as well!! I started off past shopping for the new babies and so used some of the designs on the clothing and the gift bag as cookie patterns. I accept about 500 plus cookie cutters equally I accept fabricated purple icing cookies for a very long time, and I can usually notice something that will work or look similar.

Tips if you lot don't accept a cutter that matches the design or design:

- Trace or print the design out to the correct size.
- Cut the design out and trace on a slice of very thick (food safe clean) cardboard. Cutting this pattern out.
- Place the paper-thin pattern on the prepared chilled cookie dough and carefully follow the edges of the pattern with a small paring mode knife.
- Trace or impress the design out to the right size.
- Notice an existing cookie cutter that the pattern will fit in. You may demand to use a paring knife to cut off a small part of the cookie dough that isn't needed in one case cut out. Just be sure to cut every cookie the same way and that the pattern fits
- Using that cutter cut out the cookie in the prepared chilled dough. Bake as per instructions.
- Once absurd to continue the cookies compatible, lay the pattern back on the cookie and gently trace the edges of the printed pattern into the cookies using a paring pocketknife.
- Decorate with Royal icing as per your pattern

Ingredients & Materials Needed:

Saccharide Cookie Dough or Chocolate Sugar Cookie Dough
Royal Icing
Cookie cutters or homemade cut out pattern
Baking sheets
Icing bags
Wilton round tips 1 & 2
*Wilton squeeze bottles * Optional
Disco Dust *Optional

Ducky Cookies:

Get-go past using a #1 round tip to pipe the beak of the chick Pipe the edges first

Then fill in and let balance for x-xv minutes. It only needs to exist fix and then the icing doesn't run off. If the icing is dry the disco grit won't stick. If you are not using Disco Dust, movement along to the body of the duck after the beak has gear up.Disco Dust is sold online from various Blistering supply retailers. It is not-toxic but I suggest y'all do your own research to choose whether to use or non.Sprinkle a small amount of disco dust on the beakGently tap the duck to disperse the disco grit and remove backlogI utilize a small dish for this pace.
Pipe the edges of the ducky using pipe consistency imperial icing
I allow the icing gear up for a minute or two but not longer than that earlier I start filling the center with flood consistency icing.I beginning to flood past pipe slightly on top and forth the outside border that I but piped to keep the flooding icing in identifyContinue by finishing the inside of the cookie. To make the polka dots shine with the yellow icing, start calculation a tiny dot of each colour icing into the xanthous every bit before long as you finish adding the flood icing. If you want the polka dots to be raised you will need to let the yellow flood icing dry for two-three hours or overnight. Go along until all of your duckies are in a row 😉
Love these Teal duckies

Teddy Deport Bunting cookies:

Pipage the edges of the Teddy Bear

Showtime filling with flood consistency icing as per the ducky instructions

Fill the eye

Repeat the above steps with the white teddy bears Add the polka dots by gently pressing a small dot of icing into the white icing, release pressure on the icing bag and lift up.Let dry for ii-3 hours or overnightThese Teddy bears demand a nap..
Once the yellow and teal bears take set, I add together paws, ears, and noses. Because the commencement icing has fix this icing will stay raised and puffy.
Add some bunting flags if you similar past pipe a line of icing from each paw. Add the triangle flags in a zig zag motion. Release pressure (Stop for a second) on the piping pocketbook at each indicate before starting each line in the zig zag. Fill in with matching icing. I am using a #1 wilton round tip for these details.Allow the icing dry for 10 minutes or more before calculation the letters to the bunting. Tiny letters are tough to make perfect… then don't effort to exist.. These will be eaten call back. Add eyes and a bow necktie if you like 🙂

Flamingo Cookies:

This was my inspiration 🙂 Baby clothes are and then cute!Add the wings and tip of the neb then add the disco grit per the above directions. Let ready before adding the xanthous role of the beakAdd i of the flamingo legs and let set until almost dry out earlier adding the second. This allows definition between each legs and prevents icing from joining together.Pipe the outside edges of the Flamingo
Add together the second leg and pes

Fill in the body of the flamingoLet dry overnight

Flower Cookies:

With a #2 circular tip pipe a large dot in the center of the cookie. Press and hold until the circle is almost the diameter you desire. Release force per unit area and pull up. The icing will settle slightly. Add the disco grit every bit per to a higher place instructionsPipe the cookie edges, let set slightly and then fill with flood icingI wanted the outline edges to prove on these cookies so I allow fix longer earlier flooding.

Sheep or Lamb Cookies:

Piping the feet and nose as per ducky instructions. Pipe the body of the sheep with the thicker icing and permit fix for 5 minutes. Using the same thicker edging icing commencement filling in the sheep in with a swirl motion until the body is filled with icing. And the pattern of fluffy fur is visible
You do non use flood consistency… It will flatten out. Use the thicker icing that is for pipe edges I made the pink sheep fur curlier than the blue 😉 To add an eye, await until the first layer of icing has set or dried. Add together a pocket-sized dot of blue icing in the surface area for an eye, you lot can immediately add the yellowish icing dot to settle inside the blueish, or wait until this icing starts to set up and and so add for dimension. If I am making lots of cookies with optics or parts that I want raised I pipe them onto a canvas of parchment paper and let dry. Once set and dry, peel,and attach to the cookies with a tiny dot of icing to the dorsum of the icing transfer. Y'all volition only need a small amount to make the transfer stick.

Seahorse Cookie:

I didn't take footstep by step on these cute Seahorse'southward. Frost as per the ducky and teddy carry cookies to a higher place. Pipage the eye on once the first layer of frosting has set.

How to seal cookies in cellophane numberless for freshness and souvenir packaging ideas:

Bag Sealer
Cellophane cookie/treat bags
cookies

I accept had this bag sealer for a very long fourth dimension. I but use information technology for cookies and baked goods to make sure information technology is always clean and contaminant costless. Identify the cookie in the cellophane bag and place the backlog cellophane inside the sealer. Printing the front of the sealer down to rut seal and remove the excess cellophane. Repeat this step on whatever part of the packaged cookie that demand to be cut offThis keeps the cookies fresh for upwards to 2 weeks.
Place the cookies in another cellophane bag and tie to the outside of the coordinating souvenir handbag.Place wrapped and sealed cookies in a large bakery box or souvenir box for souvenir givingCut a wooden skewer in half and place along the backside of the cookie

Tape in placeRecord the excess cellophane at the top and lesser of the cookie to the wooden skewer to add supportIdentify tissue or shredded crinkled tissue newspaper in a handbasket or boxArrange the cookies inside by placing the skewers in the tissue.Wrap with cellophane and ribbon Baby shower Easter Cookies A perfect treat for momma