In this comprehensive guide, Mary Valentino of Emma’s Sweets, a winner of the Food Network’s “Christmas Cookie Challenge,” reveals her latest and greatest easy techniques and designs that are perfect for beginner hobbyists. Everything is included to help you advance your cookie-decorating skills, including information on basic supplies and upgrades, choosing and using color, tasty cookie and icing recipes, and an array of cookie designs: vivid flowers, adorable animals, cute clothing, seasonal motifs, and much more.
She also shares the most up-to-date simple techniques for creating wow effects, including easy hand painting, embellishing, piping, color blocking, sparkly effects, and using molds.
Watch your budding embellishment skills blossom with these ideas and inspiration:
Professional-looking cookie designs for every season and occasion
How to mix colors and create appealing palettes
Techniques and troubleshooting tips for getting the perfect icing consistency every time
No-fail, delicious cookie and icing recipes
How to get the most out of cookie cutters
How to achieve dimensional and texture effects that make cookies pop
Let cookie decorating star Mary Valentino show you how simple it is to create amazing cookies that taste as good as they look!
The Beginner’s Guide to Cookie Decorating by Mary Valentino
Instructions:
Remove top frame from holder by sliding it to release the magnetic hold.
Secure stencil between both frames to ensure contact with all four magnets. Do not allow top frame to snap down on holder.
Lift hinged frame by extension tab and place cookie on the base.
If using a placement guide, slip guide under plastic sheet and align with stencil and cookie.
Swipe with royal icing or airbrush.
Lift hinged frame, remove cookie and repeat.
To remove stencil from frame, slide top frame to release the magnetic hold then lift.
Stenciling has never been so easy and precise!
Care Instructions
WASH IMMEDIATELY AFTER USE.
NOT DISHWASHER SAFE – Wipe with damp cloth or rinse with warm water and dry with soft cloth.
DO NOT use hot water as it can damage both the acrylic and magnets.
DO NOT leave immersed in water.
DO NOT use Glass cleaner, Alcohol or Acetone to clean.
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