How to Hand-Letter Baby Shower Cookies
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to hand-letter with royal icing on a cookie using just an edible marker and tissue paper. If you'd like to learn more, we also recommend checking out this step-by-step tutorial for hand-lettering on cookies.
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Oval Plaque Cookie Cutter
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Leaf Green Gel Food Coloring
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Bright White Gel Food Coloring
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Royal Icing
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Piping Bags
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Tissue Paper
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Edible Marker
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First, ice your cookie with royal icing. We mixed leaf green with bright white royal icing to create a soft green color. For this method to work, the icing on the cookie must be fully dried before lettering.
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Print out the lettering you would like to put on your cookie. Ensure that the lettering will work in proportion to the cookie.
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Lay your tissue paper over the print-out, and carefully trace over the lettering using an edible marker.
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Lay the tissue paper with the lettering on it on top of the cookie. Trace the lettering with your edible marker. The ink will bleed through the tissue paper, creating a guide for when you are ready to pipe your lettering. Be sure not to move the tissue paper during this step.
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Once you have traced the letters, gently lift the tissue paper up. You will see the outline of where the ink bled through.
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Pipe your text onto the cookie, using your edible ink base as a guide.
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Cookie decorated by Mary, aka The Flour Gardener.
