Reply to "Dehydrator for drying - yay or nay?"

I am new to cookie decorating and have been reading a lot lately about people using the dehydrators. I have a question about them and I'm not sure if this is "a given" or not.

If I flood my cookies, say in white icing, do I put them in the dehydrator to dry before adding another color on top, or do I flood them, wait a while and then add my artistic work on top before putting them in the dehydrator? Is this a stupid question? The reason I'm asking is because I have read a number of people are concerned about the cookies themselves drying out.

I am thinking that, if I flood, put in the dehydrator to dry, add the details/other colors, and then put them in the dehydrator again to dry, is this overkill? Am I going to totally and completely take the moisture out of the cookies by that point?

12/12/139:07 PM

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