Cookies with intricate patterns and unique and colorful designs are available in bakeries, but they are not cheap. They are also unnecessary. Anyone can make delicious and impressive cookies at home. Whether the cookie dough is homemade or ready-to-bake, you can create edible works of art without cookie cutters or expensive baking implements. Use these easy ways to make fancy designs on homemade cookies, and impress your family and friends with extravagant treats that look as if they took hours to create.
Press the Cookies with the Bottom of a Fancy Glass
My favorite way to make fancy designs on homemade cookies is also one of the easiest. I learned from my grandmother, and even though her cookie recipes were simple, they were extraordinarily fancy. She used the bottom of a cut crystal glass to create fancy designs. Her homemade cookies looked as if they were created with a press. She decorated the raised areas with tubes of decorators icing and topped them with colored jimmies and gold and silver balls for Christmas, Easter and other special occasions.
Make Fancy Designs with Stamps and Food Coloring
Stamps are not just for paper. Stamps that are meant to create designs on paper can also be used with food coloring to make fancy designs on homemade cookies. Prepare your favorite sugar cookie dough, roll it out and cut it into circles. As the cookie dough cools, create a stamp pad using a new sponge that has been thoroughly cleaned and rinsed with hot water. Soak the sponge with food coloring, and use it as a stamp pad. Create stamps with multiple colors by randomly squirting food coloring onto the sponge. You can make fancy floral designs, rainbows and more.
Decorate Homemade Cookies with Edible Glitter
Another easy way to make fancy designs on homemade cookies is with plain white frosting and edible glitter in colors of your choice. Edible glitter looks like craft glitter, but it is safe to eat. Create designs by piping plain white frosting on cooled homemade cookies. Top the frosting with edible glitter in colors of your choice. Lightly press the glitter into the frosting to keep it in place. Your homemade cookies will look as great as they taste.
Use Food Markers to Create Fancy Designs
Are you good at drawing and creating handmade designs? Buy a pack of markers that contain edible ink. As the photo shows, the markers can be used to draw designs on homemade cookies. They work the best with sugar cookies and other flat, smooth light-colored varieties. They can be used to add details to animal shapes, flowers, holiday ornaments and more. They can also be used in conjunction with frosting, colored jimmies and other decorative toppings. Have fun creating baking homemade cookies and creating designs. Like the other varieties, they are ideal for any occasion.
Source: Personal Cookie Baking and Decorating Experience
