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Get Inspired with Dolce Sentire: Rustic Stenciled Fall-Themed Cookie

 


Bye bye, sun. Bye bye, sunsets on the beach. Bye bye, mojitos! 

Fall is almost here, and we have to start thinking about changing our bikinis and beach hats for something warmer.

Nope, I’m not speaking about a sweet cup of tea, but about something that is predicted to be a fashion trend this autumn season: tartan and plaid prints.

They say that checks and plaids brighten up the mood, so how about dressing up our cookies in this trendy look?!

I hope you said a huge "yes"! 

What you'll need:
  • Flooded cookie in light peach, orange, or ivory, completely dry
  • Stencils (plastic or adhesive ones)
  • Airbrush colors (or edible spray colors)
  • Vodka, alcohol rejuvenator spirit (such as this brand), or alcohol-based extract
  • Airbrush (I use a Dinkydoodle Designs airbrush.)
  • Brown and burgundy edible pens (I’ve used Rainbow Dust Coffee and Burgundy.)
  • Ruler

pen

Airbrush colors:
You can use a wide range of fall-themed (or other) airbrush colors for this cookie, but here's what I used:

  • 1 part Kopykake (Kroma Kolors) Orange + 1 part Kopykake White (color 1)
  • 1 part AmeriColor Burgundy + 1 part AmeriColor Maroon + 4 parts of vodka (color 2) 

airbrush

Before starting the tutorial, please consider these few things:

  1. The goal is to create cookies that imitate pieces of fabric, so you don’t have to be very accurate in your icing, okay? Don’t worry about borders or irregularities on the icing; the icing shouldn’t be perfect this time, so relax! 
  2. Sometimes I use normal gel or paste colors (never powder colors, please) mixed with a little bit of vodka in order to create my own colors that I know I can't find in stores. To avoid airbrush blockage, just be sure to mix a liquid consistency (instead of a pasty consistency) and to mix well.
  3. Can you keep a secret? I love stencils! Yes, I have a lot of them: both the plastic and the adhesive ones. You can find them in scrapbooking stores (or in the scrapbooking section of craft stores), and they can be directly applied to cookies, allowing you to reproduce a lot of beautiful designs over and over again. For this cookie, we will use both kinds of stencils, but I have to confess that I really adore the adhesive ones, because they are easier to use. (You just have to stick the stencil on the iced cookie, airbrush the cookie, and then peel it off.) And best of all: you can get more accurate results, which means . . . yay, no more color-stained fingers!  In addition, once used, you just have to wash the stencil with warm water and stick it back on the acetate on which it came; then it is ready to be used again as many times as you like.
  4. That all said, adhesive stencils are a scrapbooking/craft product and are not necessarily food-safe, so proceed at your own risk when using them. [EDITOR'S NOTE: As an alternative to adhesive stencils, consider punching out frosting sheets with a craft punch, and using the frosting sheet as the stencil. Frosting sheets conform extremely well to cookies, better than acetate/plastic stencils, and are food-safe, even edible!] In this case, I’ve chosen an adhesive lace stencil that is perfect for making the shabby chic lace effect on this cookie.

stencil

Okay. Are you ready to start? Me too! 

Steps 1, 2, and 3: Start by setting a plastic stencil with a plaid pattern on the top half of the cookie, and then airbrush over it with color 1 (image 1) using two cookies or a Stencil Genie to hold the stencil in place.

Be careful: To prevent color from getting on the bottom half of the cookie, mask it off with a piece of paper and hold the paper in place with one hand as you airbrush with the other.

Complete the plaid design by first drawing vertical and horizontal lines with the brown edible pen (image 2); then, with the burgundy edible pen, draw vertical and horizontal lines slightly offset to the brown lines (image 3). Use a ruler as a guide in order to draw super straight lines.

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Steps 4, 5, and 6: Now you're ready to move onto the bottom half of the cookie. Stick the adhesive lace tape stencil toward the top of the bottom half. Make sure the stencil is well secured to the royal icing in order to prevent airbrush coloring underflow and to get the most precise design possible (image 4). Then fill your airbrush with color 2 and spray over the stencil (image 5).

Remember: To avoid spraying the plaid half of the cookie, mask it off with a piece of paper as described above.

Finally, remove the stencil by peeling it off and . . . voilà! Your rustic, shabby chic, fall-themed cookie is done, give or take a few finishing touches (image 6)!

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Quick photo recap:

step by step

If you'd like, you can complete the design with piped royal icing roses and a rope border between the top and bottom halves.

shabby rustic stenciled cookies

Easy, eh? I hope you find this technique useful and fun! Please let me know your questions and thoughts in the comments area below. I'm happy to answer every word from you! 

Cookie and photo credits: Aixa Zunino

Aixa Zunino is the soul of Dolce Sentire, a virtual corner of sweetness and creativity dedicated to cookie decorating. On her site, this garden engineer, self-taught decorator, and lover of flowers and animals lets her imagination fly, sharing everything she has learned since discovering the world of cookies in early 2012. She combines this activity with courses around Spain (her current home) where she teaches all the secrets to getting dreamy cookies. Meet her on Facebook or her website, and email her your cookie decorating questions or concerns at dolcesentiredolci@gmail.com.

Photo credit:  Aixa Zunino

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  • Rustic Stenciled Fall-Themed Cookie - Where We're Headed!: Cookies and Photo by Dolce Sentire
  • Edible Food Coloring Pens: Photo by Dolce Sentire
  • Airbrush: Photo by Dolce Sentire
  • Lace Adhesive Tape Stencils: Photo by Dolce Sentire
  • Steps 1, 2, and 3: Cookies and Photos by Dolce Sentire
  • Steps 4, 5, and 6: Cookies and Photos by Dolce Sentire
  • All Steps in One Spot!: Cookies and Photos by Dolce Sentire
  • Finished!: Cookies and Photo by Dolce Sentire

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This was a wonderful, very informative tutorial!!  I use my airbrush a lot but always feel limited to the amerimist colors.  It's great to have the tip about mixing regular colors with vodka!  And I've also seen many many adhesive stencils I've loved so I'm going to get those as well.  Thank you! Christine

love to read you    loved the info about the adhesive stencils       i have a few  but  wasn't sure if i could use on a cookie  (bought by mistake  i guess  but now that I read you  i guess i wasn't wrong)       have to go look at them again       i bought an airbrush    not like others use   its a wilton   why ?  because i wanted it right then   right now   hahahaaa    and now i'm unsure if i'm okay with it     love the tip about mixing the color/s         i have americolor    too thick  got sort of jammed  in the nozzle    panicked  lol   added water   took a long time to clean    hahhahaaaaaaaaa     pointing at myself  big dummy      okay  i'll   go have at  again       but this time  pre-mix with alcohol         i have to re-read this post       not sure i can do those lines    but loving each decoration you put in the post     love all of your work, tips  etc.

i looked up the airbrush  dinkydoodle    it looks as if it can only be purchased from across the pond          oh well      i get in too much of a frenzy     the   i want it now   kind of person     smiling      

Who'd have thought that cookies could be part of the fashion forecast! 

 

Wonderful tutorial Aixa.  The cookies are fantastic. 

How did you create the third cookie with the open weave fabric pattern?

 

* If a design house saw your cookies, they'd comission you to deliver 10,000 of them replicating the fabrics of their latest line, to be served to their guests at the exclusive, invitation only party, before the fashion show.  You'd have to incorporate.

 

 

 

Originally Posted by Sugar Cravings:

This was a wonderful, very informative tutorial!!  I use my airbrush a lot but always feel limited to the amerimist colors.  It's great to have the tip about mixing regular colors with vodka!  And I've also seen many many adhesive stencils I've loved so I'm going to get those as well.  Thank you! Christine

Thank you Christine! <3

Originally Posted by donaharrisburg:

love to read you    loved the info about the adhesive stencils       i have a few  but  wasn't sure if i could use on a cookie  (bought by mistake  i guess  but now that I read you  i guess i wasn't wrong)       have to go look at them again       i bought an airbrush    not like others use   its a wilton   why ?  because i wanted it right then   right now   hahahaaa    and now i'm unsure if i'm okay with it     love the tip about mixing the color/s         i have americolor    too thick  got sort of jammed  in the nozzle    panicked  lol   added water   took a long time to clean    hahhahaaaaaaaaa     pointing at myself  big dummy      okay  i'll   go have at  again       but this time  pre-mix with alcohol         i have to re-read this post       not sure i can do those lines    but loving each decoration you put in the post     love all of your work, tips  etc.

Thank you very much dear Donna! And I love to know you like my entries! In order to clean your airbrush you can use vodka too!Or...hot water <3

Originally Posted by donaharrisburg:

i looked up the airbrush  dinkydoodle    it looks as if it can only be purchased from across the pond          oh well      i get in too much of a frenzy     the   i want it now   kind of person     smiling      

Ups, sorry I thought that dinkydoodle airbrush could be buy there But don't worry! you can use another airbrush brand

Originally Posted by Michelle west Sion:
Love this. Thank you.  I am in love the the rustic look. I love the warmth of the colors, and the texture. Perfect for this time of year!!!

Thanks Michelle! <3

Originally Posted by pip:

Who'd have thought that cookies could be part of the fashion forecast! 

 

Wonderful tutorial Aixa.  The cookies are fantastic. 

How did you create the third cookie with the open weave fabric pattern?

 

* If a design house saw your cookies, they'd comission you to deliver 10,000 of them replicating the fabrics of their latest line, to be served to their guests at the exclusive, invitation only party, before the fashion show.  You'd have to incorporate.

 

 

 

Hahaha, thank you!!!

 

Ohhh sorry! the how-to is a secret!  I'm just kidding!

 

 

I've created this pattern with a Silpain perforated mat: put the cookie dough on the mat and bake it as usual. Then coat the cookie with a thin layer of beige flood icing and...tadaaaa! your weave fabric patterned cookie is ready to be served to the design house's guest

 

 

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