Beginner
Lovely Llama Cookies
Look how lovely these llamas are! A fun treat for a birthday or just something fun to share with friends and family, these Lovely Llama cookies are a great way to show off your decorating skills. Use Wilton icing colors to create icing in vibrant shades of pink, teal and yellow—then have fun mixing and matching colors to create your own fun designs!
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Skill LevelIntermediateAmountAbout 27 cookies
Ingredients
Pink Icing Color, 1 oz.
Lemon Yellow Icing Color, 1 oz.
Creamy White Decorator Icing, 4 lb. Tub
Teal Icing Color, 1 oz.
Black Icing Color, 1 oz.
Rose Icing Color, 1 oz. - Pink Food Coloring
Violet Icing Color, 1 oz. Gel Food Coloring
Royal Blue Icing Color, 1 oz. - Blue Food Coloring
Roll-Out Cookie Dough
Tools
Non-Stick Cooling Grid - 14.5 x 20-Inch - Cooling Rack
Round Cake Decorating Tip 1
Open Star Decorating Tip 14 Carded
French Rolling Pin
Recipe Right Non-Stick Cookie Sheet, 15.25 x 10.25-Inch
Decorator Preferred 9inch Angled Spatula
Round Cake Decorating Tip 3
Round Cake Decorating Tip 5
Decorating Bags, 16-Inch Disposable Piping Bags, 12-Count
Craft knife
Ruler
Standard Coupler
Instructions
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- Bake cookies. Prepare cookie dough following recipe instructions. Roll dough to 1/8 in. thickness. Using knife and ruler, cut 3½ in. x 2½ in. rectangles from cookie dough. Bake and cool cookies.
- Ice cookies. Using about 2¼ cups creamy white icing and spatula, ice cookies smooth. Reserve remaining white icing for later step.
- Tint icing. Using Teal, Lemon Yellow, Black and Pink icing colors, tint ¾ cup icing each teal, yellow, black and light pink. Tint ¾ cup icing each dark pink and dark blue using color combinations provided. Combine Rose and Violet icing colors to get dark pink color shown. Combine Royal Blue and Violet icing colors to get dark blue color shown.
Decorate cookies. Prepare four decorating bags with couplers. Fill separately with dark pink, teal, dark blue and yellow icing.
Prepare additional bag with tip 3 and light pink icing. Prepare two decorating bags with tip 1. Fill separately with black and white icing.
Llama cookies: For teal llamas, using light pink icing with tip 3, pipe inner ear. Using teal icing and tip 5, pipe outer ear. For pink llamas, using light pink icing with tip 3, pipe inner ear. Using dark pink icing and tip 5, pipe outer ear.
Prepare dark pink, teal, dark blue and yellow bags with tip 14. Pipe three rosettes on base of ears, alternating colors as desired.
Using black icing, pipe eyes, eye lashes, nose and mouth on llamas. Using white icing, pipe eye highlight on open eyes.
For teal llamas, switch teal icing to tip 3, pipe nose arch. For pink llamas, switch dark pink icing to tip 3, pipe nose arch.
Prepare dark blue and yellow bags with tip 3. Using dark blue, yellow, dark pink and teal bags, pipe line on top and bottom of each cookie, alternating colors as desired.
Pipe dots under top and above bottom line, alternating colors as desired.
Saddle cookies: Switch dark pink, teal, dark blue and yellow bags with tip 5. Starting with dark blue, pipe half circle on cookie (use toothpick or circle cookie cutter to outline shape, if desired). Continue filling in half circle with teal, dark pink and yellow icing.
Switch all bags to tip 3. Pipe dots along edge of half circle.
Using black icing, pipe scallops on white icing.
Notes
How To
How to Pipe A Rosette
Learn how to pipe beautiful rosettes, big and small, to add charming floral accents. Rosettes are a great way to create quick decorations. Different tips create different petal effects. Rosettes can be used to add a simple floral accent to a dessert, or cover a cake and cupcakes.
How to Pipe Dots
Perfect for classic borders or cloudlike decorations, dots are a versatile technique that can be piped in a range of sizes. The dot technique can be used as a simple border for cakes and cookies, as well as for icing cupcakes or piping meringues.
