Pink And Gold Valentine Cookies

I used pink and gold royal icing for my latest batch of Valentine Cookies.

I think the color combination is very elegant and especially like the way the large quilted sugar cookie turned out. Making it took some time but it's not hard at all.

Here's how:

Using a food safe marker, draw a grid on the cookie.

Begin filling in sections that touch only at the corner.

Keep filling in sections.

Once it looks like this, let it dry for 30 minutes.

Now fill in the remaining sections. You may need to use a skewer or scribe tool to ease the icing to the edges.

Keep working.

That's all there is to it. Let the cookie before adding additional embellishments.

I added drops of gold icing at the corners.

I then added a delicate bead border around the cookie by piping a row of small dots.

This cookie isn't difficult to make, it just takes some time.

Quilted Sugar Cookies

Only two colors of royal icing are needed to make these cute quilted sugar cookies — A main color that is flood consistency and an accent color that is piping consistency.

These cookies are easier to make than they look. Here's how do do it:

With a food safe marker, draw your grid lines.

With your icing that is flood consistency, only fill in the grids that touch in the corners.

After the first filled grids have dried for at least 15 minutes, fill in the remaining grids. You may need to use a skewer to ease the icing out so that all the edges meet.

With your icing that is piping consistency, add tiny dots in the corners of the grids and add a border.

Experiment with different patterns and have fun.