{"id":22811,"date":"2014-12-12T06:54:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T11:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/?p=22811"},"modified":"2017-03-28T07:40:44","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T11:40:44","slug":"stencil-painted-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/2014\/12\/stencil-painted-cookies.html","title":{"rendered":"Stencil-Painted Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"How<\/div>\n

Our contributor, Robin Martin of\u00a0Gateaux Inc.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is sharing a new holiday cookie tutorial.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the most wonderful time of the year\u2026kids with rosy cheeks, snow-covered rooftops, presents under the tree, and cookies\u2026aah, cookies\u2026guilt-free, left out for Santa so someone has to eat them (for the sake of the kids) cookies.<\/p>\n

If you happen to live in 1952, the above is most likely true.<\/p>\n

We, however, live in 2014.\u00a0 Those rosy-cheeks are most likely attributed to a mild fever associated with the third head-cold about to make the rounds in your house.\u00a0 The snow-covered rooftops are accompanied by the ice-covered roads that landed you at the body shop after another fender bender, and those presents took you to three different shopping malls in search of the latest talking-bouncing-tweeting-electronic-must-have-toy of the year that no one can keep in stock.\u00a0 And cookies\u2026aah, cookies.\u00a0 The six dozen glorious little potential works of art that turned into your worst nightmare after your cookie decorating party deteriorated into a free-for-all of sprinkles, royal icing, crying kids, and sticky, sticky adults.\u00a0 And if your nephew makes one more purple and orange snowman, you\u2019re going to have to ban him from Christmas for the next few years.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

So, here\u2019s my evil little plan for you.\u00a0 Proceed as you must.\u00a0 Be super-Santa mom, but reserve one night for you.\u00a0 One night, after the kids are tucked away and the husband is under the spell of some sporting event on television, pull out those few pristine cookies that you kept far away from the orange and purple snowman kid.\u00a0 Put on some Nat King Cole, pour yourself a hot toddy, and experience a little cookie painting therapy.<\/p>\n

These cookies look like they took a lifetime, but they are actually as easy as those paint-by-numbers kits that you had when you were a kid.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

STENCIL-PAINTED MISTLETOE COOKIES<\/strong>
\na DIY by Robin Martin<\/a><\/p>\n

Supplies:<\/em><\/p>\n

Mistletoe and Holly Outline Mesh Stencil Set<\/a>
\nCartouche Cookie Cutter<\/a>
\nMistletoe and Holly Petal Dust Set<\/a>
\nSugar Cookies
\nRoyal Icing
\nFood-Use Only Paintbrush
\nOffset Spatula
\nVegetable Oil<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Center the Mesh Stencil on a cookie that has been dipped in thinned Royal Icing and allowed to set up (at least 4 hours, but you can dip the cookies a week in advance and keep them in an airtight container until you\u2019re ready to make your move).\u00a0 Don\u2019t worry, the mesh stencils come with full instructions for dipping the cookies perfectly and quickly!<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

Spread thinned Royal Icing over the Mesh Stencil, then using the same spatula, remove any excess Royal Icing until you can see the pattern of the stencil again.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

Immediately remove the Mesh Stencil<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

Mix White Petal Dust powdered food coloring with a bit of cooking oil until it is the consistency of oil paint.\u00a0 Paint the white areas of the Mistletoe design.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

Mix Jade Petal Dust with White Petal Dust and cooking oil to create a pale green paint, then paint the pale green areas of the Mistletoe design.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

Mix Jade Petal Dust with cooking oil to create a dark green paint. Use this color to paint over the solid stenciled areas and the stenciled outlines of the leaves and branches.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

Mix Geranium Red Petal Dust with cooking oil to paint the bow.\u00a0 Blend the red paint into the white highlighted areas.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

If you like, mix Gold Powder or Luster Dust with cooking oil and add dots to the Mistletoe berries and highlights to the leaves and text.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

Take a moment to reflect on your artistic prowess. Paint a few more cookies, and plot out who amongst your friends and relatives get these little beauties. The fat man in red can eat the purple and orange snowmen that your nephew made, these are all yours.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

VENDORS & CREDITS<\/strong>
\nCookie Tutorial : Robin Martin of Gateaux Inc.<\/a>
\nSupplies : evilcakegenius.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

 
\nYOU MAY ALSO ENJOY:<\/strong>
\nWinter\u00a0Hat Cake<\/a>
\nChristmas Cupcake Wreath<\/a>
\nIgloo Cake<\/a>
\nChocolate Poinsettia Cake<\/a>
\nSugar Mistletoe<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

Find all of our holiday\u00a0recipes\u00a0and tutorials in our\u00a0Christmas\u00a0Gallery<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n

\"Christmas<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our contributor, Robin Martin of Gateaux Inc. is sharing a new holiday cookie tutorial…. It\u2019s the most wonderful time of the year\u2026kids with rosy cheeks, snow-covered rooftops, presents under the tree, and cookies\u2026aah, cookies\u2026guilt-free, left out for Santa so someone has to eat them (for the sake of the kids) cookies.<\/p>\n

If you happen to live in 1952, the above is most likely true.<\/p>\n

We, however, live in 2014. Those rosy-cheeks are most likely attributed to a mild fever associated with the third head-cold about to make the rounds in your house. The snow-covered rooftops are accompanied by the ice-covered roads that landed you at the body shop after another fender bender, and those presents took you to three different shopping malls in search of the latest talking-bouncing-tweeting-electronic-must-have-toy of the year that no one can keep in stock. And cookies\u2026aah, cookies. The six dozen glorious little potential works of art that turned into your worst nightmare after your cookie decorating party deteriorated into a free-for-all of sprinkles, royal icing, crying kids, and sticky, sticky adults. And if your nephew makes one more purple and orange snowman, you\u2019re going to have to ban him from Christmas for the next few years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":22841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[295,19,90,273],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22811","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blog","8":"category-cookies","9":"category-diy","10":"category-robin-martin","11":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22811"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25834,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22811\/revisions\/25834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}