Step-by-Step Christmas Cookie Decorating Class

The most important foundation of cookie decorating is to have a "Good cookie recipe".

In this section I will teach you step by step on how to prepare my foolproof cookie recipe.

In the resources you can fine some links for other cookie recipes and also you can print the recipe.

In this section you will learn how to cut out and bake cookies to perfection!

In this section I will walk you through the process of baking the cut-out cookies to perfection.

If you are going to use a traditional electric or gas oven you need to pre heat your oven at 350 ºF degrees.

For convection oven pre-heat the oven at 325 ºF .

In this part of the course you will learn how to prepare and tint royal icing.

FIRM CONSISTENCY ROYAL ICING RECIPE

INGREDIENTS

4 cups of powder sugar

4 tbsp meringue powder, ( Brand  Chefmaster) 

1/4 cup filtered water + 1/4 cup more

1 tsp clear vanilla extract or lime juice

PREPARATION

1.- Mix the meringue powder with the water and set aside.
2.- Sift the powder sugar in the mixer bowl and add the meringue powder mix.
3.- Start beating and slow speed, you will see some climbs of sugar formed, you can add up to 1/4 cup of water more. Increase the speed to high and beat for 4 minutes. You can add few more drops of water if your powder sugar starts to form big balls.
4.- Add the vanilla extract or lime juice and mix for 1 more minute at high speed until firm peaks are formed.
5.- Put the icing in a sealed tight container.

With this firm royal  icing  consistency you can prepare the other consistencies you will need to start decorating cookies like a pro!

Note: Each brand of meringue power acts a little bit different, these next recipes are made with firm consistency icing made with chefmaster meringue powder. 

What is important here is to pay attention to the video and see how the consistency should look like, so you can start adding the amount of water on the next recipes, but you might need a little bit more to achieve the right consistency.

To prepare medium consistency you will need:

1/2 cup firm royal  icing

1 tsp filtered water

Flooding consistency:

1/2 cup firm royal icing

3 1/2 tsp filtered water

Magic consistency:

1/2 cup firm royal icing

2 1/2 tsp filtered water

To prepare this consistency you will need:

1/2 cup firm royal icing  (following the recipe of this course) .

2 to 2 1/2 tsp filtered water

In this video you will see how to prepare a pastry bag using a decorating tip and a tip-less pastry bag.

You will need:

Disposable pastry bags

Coupler, rings and decorating tips

Traditional cookie decorating technique

In this section you will see how to decorate a Christmas light using the traditional cookie decorating technique making and outline using medium consitency and then covering the cookie with flooding consistency icing.  Plus you will see how to add edible glitter and the same way you add edible glitter you can add sanding sugar or sprinkles,

CHRISTMAS LIGHT 

Christmas light bulb cookie cutter

Natural color medium consistency icing in a tip-less pastry bag

Christmas red flooding consistency icing

Red edible glitter

Metallic silver food gel color

Brush

Where to buy:

Christmas light cookie cutter

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Red edible glitter’

https://amzn.to/3oUF3YO

Silver metallic food gel color

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Now that you have your cookies,  royal icing  and fondant ready,  I will show you different cookie decorating techniques. 

We will be decorating a Santa Claus, Christmas wreath and gingerbread house in this section.

You will need to prepare the next royal icing consistencies and colors:

Santa Claus' face cookie cutter

Fleshtone magic consistency  icing

White mini  nonpareils

Natural color medium consistency icing in a tip-less pastry bag

Natural color or white firm consistency in a pastry bag with decorating tip # 22

Fondant

Christmas red

Edible markers

Where to buy:

Santa Claus cookie cutter

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Red food gel color

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Flesh tone food gel color

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Fondant

https://amzn.to/32DiHDT

Christmas Sprinkles

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Christmas sprinkles here:

https://www.surlatable.com/sprinkle-decorating-kit/PRO-5851696.html#prefn1=productType&prefv1=HardGood&q=sprinkles&start=2

Or here:

Christmas sprinkles

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CHRISTMAS WREATH

Christmas wreath cookie cutter

Leaf green firm consistency icing in a pastry bag with decorating tip # 26

Natural color medium consistency icing in a tip-less pastry bag

Edible pearls and candies

Edible markers

Where to buy:

Christmas Wreath cookie cutter

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Green food gel color

https://amzn.to/3cLejUY

Christmas sprinkles

https://www.surlatable.com/sprinkle-decorating-kit/PRO-5851696.html#prefn1=productType&prefv1=HardGood&q=sprinkles&start=2

Edible markers

https://amzn.to/3raBVei

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GINGERBREAD HOUSE

Cookie cutters:

Gingerbread house

Mini circle cookie

Semi- circle cookie

Mini Christmas tree

Fondant:

Teal  and brown

Fondant rolling pin

Natural color medium consistency icing in a tip-less pastry bag

Toothpicks

White mini  nonpareils

Edible pearls

Where to buy:

Gingerbread house cookie cutter

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Teal food gel color

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Brown food gel color

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Lime food gel color

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White nonpareils

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Metallic edible pearls

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In this part you will learn how to decorate a snowman cookie.

You will need:

Snowman cookie cutter

Natural color medium consistency icing in a pastry bag with decorating tip #1`.5

Flooding consistency icing tinted in white

Black, green and red flooding consistency icing

Edible markers

Edible pearls

Candy leafs

SNOWMAN

Where to buy:

Snowman cookie cutter

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White food gel color

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Green food gel color

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Black food gel color

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Red food gel color

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Edible markers

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Christmas sprinkles

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In this past you will see how to decorate a very popular cookie, a truck with Christmas tree.

You will need:

Truck with Christmas tree cookie cutter

Natural color medium consistency icing in a pastry bag with decorating tip #1`.5

Flooding consistency icing tinted in red, black and green

Gold edible pearls

Mini white non-pareils

Small brush

TRUCK WITH CHRISTMAS TREE

Where to buy

Truck with Christmas tree

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Green food gel color

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Red food gel color

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Black food gel color

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White nonpareils

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Electric green food gel color

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Metallic edible pearls

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