Holiday Cookies - the Perfect Personalized Christmas Card

Decorated christmas cookies make wonderful personalized christmas cards, stocking gifts, tree gifts, tree decorations and gift tags.

What's more, you won't find these as cookie cutters. They were all made from hand made templates, using pictures from a child's colouring book.

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How to Make your Holiday Cookies.

Download sugar cookies recipe pdf here. This recipe works equally well whether you are making the dough by hand, or using a foodmixer or food processor.

How to Decorate Iced Holiday Cookies

When it comes to decorating you can do as little or as much as time and artistic temperament permit. While there are several techniques you can use (e.groyal icing or glace icing,) I prefer to keep it simple and use ready made fondant icing which only needs rolling out and cutting to shape.

Edge your holiday cookies with a line of piping to bring out the detail, or leave them plain - it all depends on what you prefer. Even for small details I try to use tiny dots of fondant icing, so you really may never need to learn how to use a piping bag. Use writing icing for names and messages, or use a food-safe pen or a Foodoodler (food colouring marker pen.)

1. On a very clean surface, roll out the fondant icing either using a small amount of icing sugar. Alternatively roll the fondant between two sheets of baking parchment or cling film.
2. Cut out the desired shapes using your cookie cutter or cutting round your template with a sharp knife.
3. Brush the cookie lightly with sugar syrup and place your icing in position. Press down gently and leave for a few minutes.
4. Then take the cookie in your hand and gently 'smooth' the surface using the palm of your other hand. The heat of your hand will 'smooth and polish' the icing to give a slight sheen to the decoration.

Holiday Cookies - Cookie Cutters

Of course, not all shapes wil be easy to cut out by hand. Some are too complicated or time consuming and that's where the beautiful commercial snowflake cutters come in handy. You only have to buy them once and belive it or not you'll find lots of other crafr uses for them throughout the year.

When selecting cookie cutters always check what size you are ordering. There's nothing to dash your anticipation more than a tiny cookie cutter which you expected to be at lest 3 inches across. In my following picks I've included a couple of giant cookie cutters for those special gifts. I am sure that once you've got the decorated cookies bug, you'll make it a family christmas tradition.

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