My Little Pony Cookies and How to Start Piping a Cookie with Royal Icing

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So how did we make these My Little Pony Cookies? No, we didn't draw them freehand. I could draw on ONE cookie freehand, but to draw on 50 cookies? I wish I could have that kind of a "robotic" hand! Even if I tried, all the ponies wouldn't look uniformly similar to each other. And it would probably take me 10x as long if I didn't rely on some, erm, "tools".

But before we get around to discussing those "tools", let's start with the basics.

What do you need to make a cookie decorated with royal icing?

1) A baked (and cooled) sugar cookie.  Here is one recipe for a sugar cookie
2) A generous amount of royal icing. Here are a few recipes for Royal Icing.
3) Piping bags - here in the Philippines, I use peotraco piping bags-- they're sturdy. And cheaper!
4) Round piping tips (#2 and #3) --- Just go to your baking supplies store and say Round tip #2 and #3--they'll understand what you mean.
5) Couplers --so that you can easily switch from #2 to #3 without changing piping bags
6) Water Spritzer
7) Toothpicks and/or a scribe tool

With all those basics, you're ready to start piping!

Once you have all the things you need, the first thing to do is outline your cookie. Using toothpaste-consistency royal icing,  pipe in a "border" around the shape of your cookie, and let it dry. This line (ideally, we use #3 piping tip for this, but #2 will do) will serve as a "dam" or a "fence" for your icing later on.

Let the outline dry for at least 15 minutes (faster if in front of a fan or air-conditioned room). Then, with slightly thinner icing (consistency is similar to ELMER'S GLUE or HONEY), fill the "hole" inside your "dam".

If bubbles come up to the surface, quickly pop them with a toothpick.

The key to achieving a smooth, even surface on your royal icing-filled cookie is to QUICKLY fill the "hole" within your "dam" while the icing is still wet. Royal Icing dries very quickly--- once it has started to dry, you can't do much to achieve that smooth, even finish (at worst, the surface of your iced cookie would look "madumi", uneven and bumpy).

So long as the icing is still wet, you can do what you want to do with your cookie's royal-icing filled surface. From my experience, a simple "cookie shake" (I gently shake the cookie sideways so that the icing will settle evenly) will ensure a smooth even finish.

That's the most basic way to design a cookie with Royal Icing. Usually, this forms the base of any cookie design. In the case of My Little Pony, my first step was to outline the pony with stiff white icing. Then, I filled it with glue-consistency icing, and let it dry for several hours.

If you're using different colors, and using them side by side (like in the picture--- white and blue) you will have to wait for one color to dry before you apply the other color. Applying a second color while the first one is still wet might make the colors bleed onto each other--- which ruins the design.

More "learnings" to come, soon! Back to my kitchen!

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