Watercolor Name Cookies

Beautiful watercolor paint effects on and white royal icing make for a cookie that is festive yet elegant. Vary the script style for a more informal presentation, or experiment with a monogram.

Skill LevelIntermediate

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Ingredients

Periwinkle Color Dust, 0.05 oz.
White Color Dust
Goldenrod Color Dust
Clear Piping Gel for Cake Decorating, 10 oz.
Spruce Green Color Dust
Lime Green Color Dust
Deep Pink Color Dust, 0.05 oz.
Roll-Out Cookie Dough
Purple Color Dust
Decorator Preferred White Fondant, 24 oz. Fondant Icing
Royal Icing Mix, 14 oz.

Tools
Non-Stick Cooling Grid - 14.5 x 20-Inch - Cooling Rack
French Rolling Pin
Fondant Roller, 9-Inch
14x20 Aluminum Cookie Sheet
Round Cake Decorating Tip 3
Cake Decorating Tools, 5-Piece Brush Set
Decorating Bags, 16-Inch Disposable Piping Bags, 12-Count
Nesting Circles Cookie Cutter Set, 4-Piece

Instructions

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Make cookies. Prepare cookie dough recipe according to recipe directions. Roll out cookie dough, and use 3¼ in. cutter from set to cut out each cookie. Bake and cool cookies.
Roll out fondant. Use the fondant roller with pink guide rings to roll out fondant 1/16 in. thick.
Paint fondant. Using the color combinations provided, mix Color Dust edible decorating powders to make pink, yellow, purple and green decorating powders. Combine White and Deep Pink decorating powders to get pink color shown. Combine White, Goldenrod and Lime Green decorating powders to get yellow color shown. Combine White, Periwinkle and Purple decorating powders to get purple color shown. Combine White and Spruce Green to get green color shown. Use a decorating brush to brush each randomly in patches across the white fondant.
Cut and paste fondant. Using the same 3¼ in. cutter, cut fondant circles and attach to each cookie with piping gel.
Pipe icing names. Prepare royal icing according to directions on package. Place ¼ cup in a disposable decorating bag fitted with tip 3, and pipe names on each cookie, widening the letter width on the down strokes. Let dry for 1-2 hours.