To enjoy delicious and eye-catching cookies, you don't need to be an artist. Just put in a little love, and the result is wonderful. I'm telling you that I'm not good at drawing and I have a trembling pulse 😄.
If you want to surprise your family and friends this Christmas, today I share with you how to decorate cookies in the shape of a Christmas wreath with simple techniques that you can do with the little ones at home.
Whenever I want to decorate cookies, I always use my classic shortbread cookie recipe. This is a recipe that allows me to make firm dough cookies that are golden brown when baked and do not get moist easily with the icing from the decoration.
1 cup of wheat flour
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1 egg
This recipe yields 20 medium-sized cookies. If you want more cookies, just double or triple the quantities.
sugar.
Place all the cookies on a tray and bake for 25 minutes at 180ºC.
Before continuing with this step-by-step guide to decorate cookies, it is important to have some basic tools that will make your work easier.
Try to use 1 small-hole smooth nozzle and 1 medium-hole smooth nozzle. The small one is for piping frosting around the edge of the cookies, and the medium one is for filling.
These tools are very useful, especially those with blunt and rounded tips. They are essential for spreading the icing on the cookies. You can also use fine-tipped ones for decorating details.
To give the dough the Christmas wreath shape, you can use curved cutters. You can use one of 6 cm in diameter and another of 4 cm.
Try to have several piping bags to pipe the icing. If they are small, it is better since they are easier to handle. You should also have edible coloring, but we will talk about that later.
The icing for decorating the cookies is one of the most important preparations in this post, as it is what will allow an easy-to-dry decoration that does not moisten the cookie dough.
Each time you use the icing, take a portion and add a few drops of water until you get a fluid texture for decorating.
To achieve a snow-white icing, add a few drops of white food coloring. The color will be uniform and will cover the cookies very well.
In the decoration allusive to Christmas, the predominant colors are green and red. Therefore, use these colors in the tones you like the most. It is easy to use liquid colorants since they can be well portioned. Gel colorants are also optimal for this purpose.
Once you have colored all the icing portions, place them immediately into piping bags to prevent them from hardening.
You can use hooks to close the sleeves to prevent air from entering.
Let dry for 15 minutes.
As you can see, it is easy to decorate your cookies with various designs. You don't need most of the cookies to look the same. You just have to let your imagination run wild and let the spirit of Christmas inspire you.
In a future post, I will show you how to make other decorations to fill your Christmas table with flavor and color. If you liked my cookies, let me know in the comments 😃
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