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Rainbow Heart Cookies

These Rainbow Heart Cookies are all about the love of color! Using our tasty roll-out cookie dough recipe, then decorated with a black background and bright, colorful hearts made with royal icing, these striking cookies are a great addition to almost any party or celebration. Since these cookies use royal icing, they will need time to dry – so be sure to bake and decorate your cookies at least one day in advance so they have time to set.
  • Prep2 hr 15 min
  • Total Time28 hr, 15 min
  • Skill LevelIntermediate
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Ingredients

  • Roll-Out Cookie Dough Recipe

  • Royal Icing Recipe

  • Meringue Powder

  • Red-Red Icing Color

  • Christmas Red Icing Color

  • Orange Icing Color

  • Lemon Yellow Icing Color

  • Leaf Green Icing Color

  • Royal Blue Icing Color

  • Sky Blue Icing Color

  • Violet Icing Color

  • Burgundy Icing Color

  • Black Icing Color

  • Tools

  • Rolling Pin

  • Ruler

  • Knife

  • Small Cookie Pan

  • Cooling Grid

  • Disposable Decorating Bags

  • Scissors

Instructions

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  1. Bake cookies. Prepare cookie dough following recipe instructions. Roll out dough to 1/8 in. thickness. Using ruler and knife, cut out rectangles, measuring 1½ x 3½ in. in size. Bake and cool.

  2. Prepare royal icing. Prepare royal icing following recipe instructions. Tint 1/8 cup icing each bright red, bright blue, bright purple and bright pink using color combinations provided. Combine Red-Red and Christmas Red icing colors to get bright red color shown. Combine Royal Blue and Sky Blue icing colors to get bright blue color shown. Combine Violet and Burgundy icing colors to get bright purple color shown. Combine Burgundy and a touch of Violet icing colors to get bright pink color shown.

    Using Orange icing color, tint 1/8 cup icing orange. Using Lemon Yellow icing color, tint 1/8 cup icing yellow. Using Leaf Green icing color, tint 1/8 cup icing green.

    Using Black icing color, tint all remaining icing black.

    Thin all icing to 20 count consistency.

  3. Decorate cookies. Prepare decorating bag with black icing. Cut 3/8 in. off tip of bag. Outline and flow-in cookies. Let set, about 1 hour.

    Prepare seven decorating bags, separately, with remaining icing colors. Cut ¼ in. off tip of bag. Alternating colors, start at top of cookie and pipe two beads to form heart, spacing evenly down center of cookie.

    Allow to dry completely, about 24 hours.

Notes

    • 28 hours includes drying time
    • For best results, bake and decorate one day in advance.

How To

  • How to Pipe Beads

    How to Pipe Beads

    The bead shape makes impressive borders outlines and accents on letters and designs; also a cute trim on clothing and gingerbread houses. The basis for making piped hearts and figure piping.

  • How to Pipe a Buttercream Heart

    How to Pipe a Buttercream Heart

    Show your love by embellishing your treat, big or small, with sweet icing hearts. An easy technique for beginning decorators, these hearts can be used on the tops or sides of your treats, and can be piped in a variety of sizes and designs by using various round or star tips.

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