FILIGREE SHAPES RECIPES

Steps:

• Cut the cookies from a chilled sheet of sugar cookie dough.Bake and cool the cookies according to the recipe instructions.Ice the the plaque cookie with orange 15-second count royal icing and a decorating tip 3. While the icing is still wet, pipe the spider web with black 15-second count royal icing and a decorating tip 1. Drag the scribe tool or toothpick through the icing to help shape the spider web. Allow the icing to dry at least 8 hours.Pipe the spider with purple soft peak royal icing and a decorating tip 1. Use the scribe tool to help smooth and shape the icing. Allow the icing to dry at least 2 hours.Pipe a bead border with purple stiff peak royal icing (leave space for the cat cookie to go on top - this will allow the cookie to lay flat).Combine blue and pink food coloring with a few drops of alcohol or flavored extract.Use the round brush to add shading to the spider’s body and the fine tip brush for the legs.Ice the cat cookie with light purple 15-second count royal icing and a decorating tip 3. While the icing is still wet, pipe a filigree design with purple 15-second count royal icing and a decorating tip 1. Outline the design with orange 15-second count royal icing and a decorating tip 1. Use the scribe tool to help shape the outline around the filigree.Pipe an eye with the orange icing and add a small dot of purple icing with the scribe tool. Use the scribe tool to elongate the purple icing. Allow the icing to dry at least 8 hours.Shade the edges of the cat cookie with the food coloring and alcohol mixture and round brush that was used to paint the spider.Attach the cat cookie to the plaque cookie with a bit of soft peak icing.