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Close-up of a round cookie decorated with intricate, 3D hand painted floral designs, perfect for Hand Painted Floral Baby Shower Cookies.

Hand Painted Floral Baby Shower Cookies

These cookies feature detailed, hand-painted floral designs on a smooth royal icing base. Hand painting made each cookie feel unique and special.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Icing Drying Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 40 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 cookies

Equipment

  • Fine food-safe brush

Ingredients
  

For the Cookies

  • 1 Baked sugar cookies (use base recipe)

For the Base Icing

  • 2 cups Powdered sugar
  • 1.5 tbsp Meringue powder
  • 3 tbsp Water

For Decoration

  • As needed Edible gel food colors Diluted with a few drops of clear alcohol or lemon extract

Instructions
 

  • Bake and cool the sugar cookies.
  • Cover each cookie with smooth white royal icing. Let the icing dry completely for at least 8 hours to create a firm surface.
  • Mix edible colors with a small amount of alcohol to create paint consistency.
  • Use a fine food-safe brush to gently paint floral designs onto the dried icing. Layer colors to achieve depth and shading.
  • Allow the painted designs to dry before storing the cookies.

Notes

By Clara Bennett, Lead Plate Designer at Recipes by Betty.
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