VALENTINE WATERCOLOR COOKIES
With my perfect sugar cookie recipe, these galentine cookies will have your gal pal’s swooning. I found these cookie cutters locally in LA at Surfas, but you can find them easily on Etsy or Amazon. Decorate with white royal icing. Give the icing a few hours to completely dry before you unleash your beastly artistic talents!!!
UNLEASH YOUR INNER ARTIST
Calling all you Fridas out there: gather your artist prep materials. I used my favorites:
- Edible Art by Sweet Sticks
- Food grade paintbrushes
- Palette
Splash a few colors onto your palette and have a blast making colored hearts for your favorite gals.
I like to use a variety of paintbrush sizes to make delicate hearts as well as accomplishing easy scripted styles. Check out Edibleartpaint for a variety of fine line brushes.
There really is nothing that can go wrong here with painting from your heart. Grab a glass of wine, and maybe even a gal pal or two, and have fun. Or bring a batch to the next book club or Bachelor episode.
With love to my Arnold sister crew. XO, Happy Valentine’s Day!
OUR FAVES
- Americolor, white gel paste
- EdiblePaintArts, paints and brushes
Photos by: Maria Hedrick Photography
Cookies
1Dries: Whisk flour and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
2Base: In a mixer, cream together butter and sugar. Next, add eggs, vanilla and optional flavorings of citrus zest or spices (ie: cardamom).
3Gradually, add dries to base just until incorporated. Chill in refrigerator up to one hour. Roll on lightly floured surface. Cut shapes.
4Bake at 350F for 8-10 minutes or until edges are slightly browned.
5Note: When you cut into a shape, chill in freezer to set. Then, transfer directly to hot oven.
Royal Icing
1Add vanilla flavoring into 1/2 cup water and set aside until step 3.
2In the mixer (paddle attachment), gently mix confectioners sugar and meringue powder on low.
3Add 1/2 cup flavored water and mix on low until it is thick and lumpy.
4Now drizzle the remaining water as needed until it becomes a thick like honey consistency.
5At this point, turn mixer on medium speed for 3 minutes or so until icing is thick and fluffy. Stop when it forms a soft peak.
Decoration
1Once the cookies are cooled, use the royal icing to flood the cookie. Once that icing dries, add edible watercolor to achieve desired heart and xo combination of patterns and colors.
Directions
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