{"id":8476,"date":"2011-12-01T07:23:48","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T13:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecakeblog.com\/?p=8476"},"modified":"2014-11-26T15:47:48","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T20:47:48","slug":"diy-modern-christmas-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/2011\/12\/diy-modern-christmas-cookies.html","title":{"rendered":"DIY: Modern Christmas Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Callye of The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle<\/a> is stopping by to share some of her cookie magic…<\/em><\/p>\n

For some reason, many people don’t think they are capable of decorating perfect sugar cookies.\u00a0 This is simply untrue.\u00a0 With a little practice and experience ANYONE can create beautiful cookies.\u00a0 Today I’m going to share a fun little tip to help you along on your cookie decorating journey.\u00a0 I used it to make my latest set of Christmas cookies.
\n\"Chevron<\/p>\n

I call this the impression trick.\u00a0 Before baking, I used a cookie cutter to lightly stamp the dough.\u00a0 This leaves an impression on the cookie that will serve as a piping guide after baking .
\n\"Christmas<\/p>\n

When the cookies have cooled, use piping icing and a #2 or #3 tip to outline the tree design, and after a minute of two of drying, fill with matching flood icing.
\n\"Christmas<\/p>\n

While the tree is still wet, drop colored dragees or pearl “ornaments” into the icing.\u00a0 Let the Tree area dry for about an hour, than outline and fill the rest of the cookie.<\/p>\n

\"Christmas<\/p>\n

Let them dry overnight, and you’ll have beautiful perfect cookies.
\n\"Modern<\/p>\n

Sometimes I’ll use a #1.5 tip to outline the tree or add a few more ornaments the next day.\u00a0 I like to create collections of simple coordinating cookies with lots of texture and visual interest.\u00a0 This makes even the simplest of cookie designs appear amazing.
\n\"Modern<\/p>\n

This technique works for MANY different cookie themes. Don’t be afraid to experiment.<\/p>\n

If you have the cookie decorating bug, be sure to swing by my blog, The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle<\/a>, where you’ll find all sorts of cookie how-to’s like the Chevron Patterned Cookies<\/a> pictured above.<\/p>\n

Thanks for having me today, I hope you’ll come visit me in all of my cookie craziness very soon!\u00a0 Happy Decorating!\u00a0 ~ Callye<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Callye of The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle is stopping by to share some of her cookie magic! Learn how to make these incredibly beautiful and modern Christmas Tree Cookies. She had me at the silver, grey and pink color scheme… and the glitter. And the CHEVRON! Oh my! Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":8491,"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":[19,90],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cookies","8":"category-diy","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8476","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8476"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8498,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8476\/revisions\/8498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}