Glass Cookies (Cookie Celebration)

Okay, I will start off by saying this technique/look may not be for everyone...but...these cookies TASTE delicious. I actually dreamed this cookie when I was sleeping. Got up, and tried it out. It is a sugar candy laid over an iced sugar cookie, dried, and then painted. It feels like you are painting on glass and I found it to be so much fun. One of the mistake cookies made it to my mouth and OMG, it is definitely a fantastic combination of hard candy and cookie together!!  This is what the cookie looks like before I painted it.  Even nice like this.

These are fantastic. You've definitely got something here. 

So it looks like you melted the hard candy and then drizzled it over the cookie?

"I actually dreamed this cookie while I was sleeping". You got it bad, girl!

Stunning! They look like Murano glass jewelery... even more special.

pip posted:

These are fantastic. You've definitely got something here. 

So it looks like you melted the hard candy and then drizzled it over the cookie?

"I actually dreamed this cookie while I was sleeping". You got it bad, girl!

LOL!! I know, right?  So funny.  I would have thought this to be a crazy idea but had to try it.  I thought, even if it looks good, how could one eat it.  But you can, they are fantastic!! The crunch of the candy and the icing together and the softness of the cookie, it definitely works!!  I am going to try to do a tutorial and dye the candy to try out another design this weekend so I'll post to my blog. Thanks Pip!

Manu posted:

Stunning! They look like Murano glass jewelery... even more special.

Thank you! In person they really look like glass which stuns me because the painted parts are the royal icing.  I guess the candy sort of makes it all look like glass.

Instructions on how I did this:  I made a "hard crack" candy (use a candy thermometer to about 300 degrees c.  I then took my cookie cutters, placed them on top of a silpat mat and drizzled the hot candy into the shape.  Drizzle fast and have an idea of what you want to accomplish because the candy sets up fast.  I baked my cookies and iced them.  While the royal icing was wet, I took the candy, which was then fully hardened, and gently placed it on top of the wet icing and let it sink in.  I then let it dry overnight and painted it the next day.  Really easy, actually.  The candy part, if you're not used to making candy, can be a bit challenging in the beginning but keep at it, it gets easier.

Cookie Celebration posted:

Instructions on how I did this:  I made a "hard crack" candy (use a candy thermometer to about 300 degrees c.  I then took my cookie cutters, placed them on top of a silpat mat and drizzled the hot candy into the shape.  Drizzle fast and have an idea of what you want to accomplish because the candy sets up fast.  I baked my cookies and iced them.  While the royal icing was wet, I took the candy, which was then fully hardened, and gently placed it on top of the wet icing and let it sink in.  I then let it dry overnight and painted it the next day.  Really easy, actually.  The candy part, if you're not used to making candy, can be a bit challenging in the beginning but keep at it, it gets easier.

Amazing.... 

Thanks for sharing, you are inspiring!

Divine inspiration... Can you hear the accelerated heart beats of cookiers around the world? Another wonderful technique to clad our cookies in... Yeah! Looks truly awesome, Diane, and will make the hearts of cookie monsters around the world beat faster as well !

swissophie posted:

Divine inspiration... Can you hear the fasten heart beats of cookiers around the world? Another wonderful technique to clad our cookies in... Yeah! Looks truly awesome, Diane, and will make the hearts of cookie monsters around the world beat faster as well !

Thank you so much Sonja!!!

These really do look like glass? How did you achieve this effect? Love them

Thank you so much for sharing your technique. The colors in these cookies are so beautiful and the designs are just so imaginative. Amazing work! 

wow. i must try this techniques sometimes. awesome job

Cookies Fantistique by Carol posted:

These really do look like glass? How did you achieve this effect? Love them

Thank you Carol!  I give a quick outline in this post on how I did it and I am working on a blog posting "how to" for posting this weekend if you'd like to see all the details.

Sweet Prodigy posted:

Thank you so much for sharing your technique. The colors in these cookies are so beautiful and the designs are just so imaginative. Amazing work! 

Thank you so much!

jennie @kukis4fun posted:

wow. i must try this techniques sometimes. awesome job

 

Thank you Jennie.  I am working on a blog post for this weekend so I'll swing back to this original posting when it's up for viewing.  Relatively easy to do but more labor intensive than your average cookie.  Thanks for the compliment.

Amazing!  I love it!

These really are lovely and so unique.  I agree with all the other comments.  Thank you so much for sharing.