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]]> /blogs/tutorials/matching-pjs-for-christmas-candy-cane-pajama-tutorial 2024-01-31T10:55:36-05:00 2024-08-22T10:17:11-04:00 safebet Make these adorable footie pajamas to go with your family's matching PJ tradition for Christmas. To get this candy cane pattern, we used a wet-on-wet technique. By adding patterns while the base icing is still wet (hence wet-on-wet) the pattern blends into the base, and you can also use a scribe tool or sharp toothpick to drag icing colors around to create patterns like the candy canes shown.

We recommend baking a few sacrificial cookies to practice on, as it takes a steady hand a bit of practice to master this technique. However, once you get it, it goes quickly and is a super fun way to add some holiday flair to any shape.

]]> /blogs/tutorials/3-ways-to-decorate-an-ornament-cookie 2024-01-31T10:53:16-05:00 2024-08-14T14:30:48-04:00 Ann Digital The round Christmas ornament shape offers a great canvas upon which you can practice a number of techniques and designs. Below are three ways that we like to decorate the round ornament shape. Don't limit yourself! This shape can be decorated a ton of different ways, and the techniques below can be used on many different shapes--from Easter egg to flower cookies.

Snow Globe Christmas Ornament

These snow globe Christmas ornament cookies are a world within a world. These cookies combine a couple of different techniques to create a beautiful, cozy scene. The round ornament is the perfect shape for this design--it offers plenty of space for details.



Watch how to make snow globe Christmas ornament cookies:

Vintage Ornament Cookies

This monochromatic design gets its *sparkle* from the addition of sanding sugar. Sanding sugar has slightly larger granules than granulated sugar, which gives these ornaments a robust, vintage-inspired texture.



Watch how to create a vintage textured ornament:

Marbled Herringbone Pattern Ornament Cookies

Don't be intimidated! This herringbone pattern is so easy to do, and is a really fun pattern to create on a number of shapes--from sweaters to ornaments. Because you're adding the green and red details while the white base icing is wet, this is what is known in the cookie world as a "wet on wet" technique.



Watch how to use the wet-on-wet marbling technique to create a herringbone pattern on your ornament cookie:



Happy decorating! Enjoy decorating this iconic shape in new, unique ways.

Cookies decorated by Mary Mansfield ofÌý]]> /blogs/tutorials/3-ways-to-decorate-a-gingerbread-man-cookie 2024-01-31T10:51:24-05:00 2024-07-16T15:20:50-04:00 Ann Digital If you only have one cookie cutter in your collection, chances are that it's a gingerbread man. This iconic shape is instantly recognizable, and is a mainstay for cookie swaps, bake sales, and Santa's platter of cookies. However, the gingerbread man cookie has staying power. Loved for its versatility, this cookie cutter shape deserves all of the love it gets. The gingerbread person cookie has an interesting history as well--its first documented use was in the 1500s by Queen Elizabeth I, who had human-shaped cookies decorated to look like her favorite courtiers and guests. Below are three fresh (and easy) ways to decorate the classic gingerbread man shape.

Gingerbread Man with a Sweater

It's winter, and he's chilly! Give your gingerbread man a delightfully cozy and textured sweater made of royal icing with this tutorial.

Get the tutorial here.

Watch how to make a gingerbread person with a royal icing sweater:

Classic Gingerbread Man

With a few tips and tricks, you'll be churning out classic gingerbread man cookies with ease. Follow along for tips to create neat and beautiful cookies every time.

Get the tutorial here.

Watch how to make classic gingerbread man cookies:

Santa Gingerbread Man Cookies

Gingerbread man, but make it Santa Claus. If you're wanting to make Santa Claus cookies but you only have a gingerbread man cookie cutter, never fear! We're here to show you how to turn that classic gingerbread man into Jolly Saint Nick with just a few embellishments.

Get the tutorial here.

Watch how to make Santa cookies:





Happy decorating! Enjoy decorating this iconic shape in new, unique ways.

Cookies decorated by Mary Mansfield ofÌý]]> /blogs/tutorials/3-ways-to-decorate-a-snowflake-cookie 2024-01-31T10:49:27-05:00 2024-08-14T14:30:48-04:00 Ann Digital A fellow Vermonter,Ìýis known for being the first person to photograph snowflakes under a microscope. He photographed his first snow crystal in 1885, and over decades of photographing thousands of snowflakes, he found that no two snowflakes were the same. The snowflake cookie cutter holds a special place here at safebet, adored for how fun it is to decorate. We've seen thousands of our customers' and friends' snowflake cookies, and no two look quite the same. Below are three unique ways that you can decorate a snowflake cookie. And remember to get creative with it--the beauty of snowflakes lies in their varying patterns and designs.

Elegant Brush Embroidery Snowflakes

This simple method requires just one consistency and color of royal icing and a food-safe paintbrush. By brushing the icing as you go, you can create an elegant and intricate design that is deceivingly simple to do.



Watch how to make snowflake cookies using the brush embroidery method:

Classic Gingerbread Snowflakes

Gingerbread cookie dough provides a striking contrast to the white royal icing used in this design. This design offers a lot of creative freedom--play around with adding dots and lines to make snowflake cookies as unique as snowflakes themselves.



Watch how to make gingerbread snowflake cookies:

Colorful Royal Icing Snowflake Sugar Cookies

By using a solid flood base, you can create a kaleidoscope of background colors for your piped royal icing details.



Watch how to make colorful snowflake cookies:





Happy decorating! As Snowflake Bentley said, "Under the microscope, I found that snowflakes were miracles of beauty; and it seemed a shame that this beauty should not be seen and appreciated by others. Every crystal was a masterpiece of design and no one design was ever repeated. When a snowflake melted, that design was forever lost. Just that much beauty was gone, without leaving any record behind." As cookies are meant to be eaten, snowflakes are destined to melt. However, their fleeting beauty offers endless inspiration for creative expression.

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