Dipped Marbleized Cookies

I really wish I could, but I can't take credit for the clever marbleizing technique I used to create these colorful cookies.

The genius behind it is decorator Meghan Rosko who generously shared it on her YouTube channel. She also has a website called Nutmeg and Honeybee.

Besides the look of these cookies, I love how quick it was to decorate them. In just 10 minutes, I had two dozen cookies done and I didn't have to use a single pastry bag!

The cookies are decorated by dipping them into thinned royal icing that has food coloring painted on the surface. These were so much fun and I can't wait to experiment some more.

To decorate cookies, first soak some paint brushes in water. Then thin to flood consistency in a bowl some white royal icing and squeeze out your gel colors of choice onto a plate. I used moss green, cornflower blue, teal, ivory and rose.

Add strokes of the color to the top of your royal icing. Be sure to dip your brush in water to clean it off between colors.

Dip the cookies one at a time into the icing, holding your fingers back and just coating the top. Swirl and shake the excess icing off, still holding the cookie upside down. Place the cookie icing side up on a sheetpan to dry. Repeat, adding more gel coloring to the icing as needed. I found that I could get three cookies dipped before needing to add more color. Let the cookies dry completely before serving.

Clover Cookies

Calling all beginning cookie decorators: These clover cookies are for you.

No special cookie cutters are required and all you need are two colors of royal icing.

They are super easy to make and the results are satisfying. And, with St. Patrick's day under a week away, how can you resist? Please give these a try.

Here's how to make them:

Outline a cookie.

Fill the cookie with flood consistency icing and use a skewer to help move it to the edges.

While the flood icing is wet, drop three drops of flood consistency green icing onto the cookie.

Starting at the top of each drop, use a skewer or toothpick to draw through the drop and down to create a stem. Wipe the toothpick or skewer clean after each swipe.