{Update: I'm guest posting (my first ever) over at the darling Muthering Heights today! Come on over!}
When my neighbor (yep, THAT one) asked me to come over for a girls' night out, I was really excited.
Kristen also ordered cookies (yay!). She mentioned that she was going to give the girls a little something from the adorable Pleated Poppy and I thought I knew just the cookies to go with them.
I used the template that I made for the Yellow Rose sugar cookies.
To make a template for a specific shape, draw it on a file folder or something sturdy and cut it out. After rolling the dough, go around the shape with a paring knife. It takes a little more time and the edges aren't quite as clean as a cutter, but that's ok.
To make the red & pink roses:
- Using a #2 tip, pipe the outline of the rose in a pinky-red (AmeriColor Super Red mixed with Deep Pink).
- Using a #2 tip, pipe the outline of the leaf in green (AmeriColor Leaf Green).
- Thin pink (AmeriColor Deep Pink) and green icing, with water until they reach the consistency of syrup, cover with a damp dishtowel and let sit several minutes.
- Stir the pink icing gently with a rubber spatula to break any bubbles on the surface and transfer to a squeeze bottle. Fill in the rose with the thinned, flood icing.
- Repeat with the green icing, filling in the leaf.
- Let dry at least one hour.
- Using the same #2 tips, pipe the details in red and green on the rose.
- Let dry completely before packaging
In case you're wondering, it was such fun! Lots of laughs, great conversation... Did I mention the chocolate fountain? Yeah...it was a good time!
Thank you, Kristen, for inviting me!
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