ELEPHANT COOKIES RECIPES

Steps:

• Bake the elephant cookies using the sugar cut-out cookie recipe
• Make a batch of royal icing using the royal icing recipe
• Separate out the royal icing into as many colors as you want to decorate with and put into piping bags
• Outline the elephant in one color
• Immediately flood the cookie with the same color
• Wait 2 to 3 hours and then decorate the elephant by adding an ear in a different color, a stitching around the elephant, and an eye.
• Let dry for 12 hours

Steps:

• Preheat the over to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
• Stir flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Stir in milk and the 1/4 cup melted butter until dough forms.
• Turn dough onto a flat, floured surface. Knead dough 10 times. Roll dough with a rolling pin or pat with hands into a rectangle, 9x5 inches. Brush with remaining melted butter using a pastry brush; sprinkle with 3 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon. Roll dough up tightly, beginning at narrow end. Pinch edge of dough into roll to seal. Cut into 4 equal pieces with sharp knife. Place cuts sides up on cookie sheet; pat each into a 6-inch circle.
• Bake until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Immediately remove from cookie sheet with a spatula. Let cool on wire rack.