Fish Cookies

Out of all the cookies I've made, and I've made a lot, these fish cookies are probably the most time consuming. I made them by dropping thinned icing onto a still wet flooded cookie and maneuvering the icing with a scribe tool.

Each one is a little work of art and I think these would make a wonderful Father's Day gift. I definitely think Dads are worth the effort.

There are no specific rules to making these. It's is helpful to look at some fish pictures and sketch a plan but basically you just need to mix your colors and go for it. You need all of your colors ready to go before you start because this is wet on wet cookie decorating. Here's how:

I outlined and filled a cookie with white icing and then added grey icing in the basic shape of a fish. I used my scribe tool to move the icing to get an even better general shape.

I added a stripe of green on the top of the fish and again, used my scribe tool to blend it in.

I also added some pink, teal and orange to the base and once I got that blended, I added the black details by dipping my scribe tool into thinned black icing and using it like a pencil.

Here's another fish. I added the teal scale details with my scribe tool. It just takes some experimenting to figure out what works.

This guy is my favorite.

Tie Cookies For Father's Day

These tie cookies make a sweet Father's Day gift and you don't need a special cookie cutter to make them. 

Just draw and cut a tie shape out of a sheet of heavy duty paper to make a template and you are all set to go. You'll have fun decorating these because you can get creative with the colors and patterns. 

And, Dad will surely enjoy eating them.

Here's how to make them:

Place the template on your rolled out cookie dough and use a knife to cut around it.

Because you are dealing with just straight lines, the cutting goes quickly.

Lay the cookies on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake.

The cookies after baking.

Cut out a few more templates and sketch a few designs. This step isn't necessary but very helpful.

Outline and fill a tie cookie with flood consistency royal using a #2 tip.

Using medium consistency icing and a #2 tip, add stripes in another color.

Again, using medium consistency royal icing and a #2 tip, add more stripes in a complementary color.

Also add a few stripes going in the opposite direction.

A tie with just white stripes also looks good.

Here's another design.

Using just three colors, you can come up with quite a few designs. Experiment and have fun.