Sweet Violet Cookies
These dainty drop flower Sweet Violet Cookies are the perfect addition to an afternoon tea party or bridal shower. Use a combination of two different drop flower tips to make cookies that look too sweet to eat. These would be lovely to serve at a spring or summer celebration or package in a box to give as edible favors for a spring wedding. You can see these cookies and many more in the How to Pipe Simple Icing Flowers kit, filled with lots of tutorials, inspiration and even a few must-have tools to make your treats blossom.
Ingredients
Rose Icing Color, 1 oz. - Pink Food Coloring
Violet Icing Color, 1 oz. Gel Food Coloring
Roll-Out Cookie Dough
White Decorator Icing- Medium Consistency, 16 oz.
Tools
Non-Stick Cooling Grid - 14.5 x 20-Inch - Cooling Rack
Standard Round Tip 2
French Rolling Pin
Recipe Right Non-Stick Cookie Sheet, 15.25 x 10.25-Inch
Decorating Bags, 16-Inch Disposable Piping Bags, 12-Count
Double-Sided Round Cut-Outs Set, 6-Piece
Standard Round Tip 8
Extra Large Drop Flower Tip 1G
Extra Large Drop Flower Tip 1B
Instructions
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- Bake cookies. Prepare cookie dough recipe following recipe instructions. Roll dough to ¼ in. thickness. Using “D” cut-out, cut out cookies. Bake and cool.
- Tint icing. Divide icing equally into two portions. Tint one portion light purple and one portion medium purple using color combinations provided. Combine Rose and Violet icing colors to get light purple and medium purple colors shown.
Decorate cookies. Prepare decorating bag with tip 8; fill with ¼ cup light purple icing. Prepare second decorating bag with tip 2; fill with ¼ cup medium purple icing. Set both bags aside.
Prepare two decorating bags separately with tips 1G and 1B. Fill each bag separately with remaining light and medium purple icing. Pipe swirl drop flowers on cookies.
Using bags with tips 2 and 8, pipe centers of flowers, using light purple to pipe center for medium purple flowers and medium purple to pipe center for light purple flowers.
Notes
How To
How to Pipe Swirl Drop Flowers
Made by adding a simple twist motion, swirl drop flowers have petals with a bit more flair and dimension, leading to open-looking Blossoms.
