a. I promised a few twitter friends that I would (I could never deny my twitter friends!), and
b. don't you think they would be cute for a birthday party?
To make some ponies of your very own:
- In royal icing, outline the "saddle" in the color of your choice with a #2 tip.
- With another #2 tip, outline the shape of the horse in brown (AmeriColor Chocolate Brown).
- Thin a contrasting color royal icing and the brown to the consistency of maple syrup; let sit several minutes covered with a damp dish towel. (Details on how to thin royal icing are here.)
- Run a rubber spatula gently through the icing to pop any large air bubbles and transfer to a squeeze bottle.
- Fill in the saddle area, using a toothpick to guide into corners.
- Fill in the horse in brown, using a toothpick to guide into corners.
- Let sit at least one hour.
{You can see I've lost my natural light from the pictures...sometimes decorating cookies is an all day, or multi day, project.}
- With a #2 tip, add the detailing in the contrasting color and go back over the outline of the saddle.
- With a #2 tip, add the mane, eye, tail and hooves to the horse.
- Let dry overnight.
Giddy up!
There is a new video over at University of Cookie! Renee of Kudos Kookies shows the basics of PAINTING on cookies. It is very cool and a whole new way to decorate cookies. Be sure to check it out!
