Easter Cookies

I love your cookies, Brooke! Rustic and elegant together make a great combo💟

Thank you, Heather! I love the combination! 😊

Your techniques are perfect! These look really good!

Those are so beautiful!  Can I ask how you got those cookies to look crackled?  You don't have to give away your secrets if you don't want to

Kirsten posted:

Those are so beautiful!  Can I ask how you got those cookies to look crackled?  You don't have to give away your secrets if you don't want to

I don’t mind sharing- people here are very generous with their tips and secrets. I mixed white gel food coloring and a little colored gel coloring with cornstarch until it was the consistency of Elmer’s glue. I painted that onto bare cookies. The crackles apear after about 2 hours. The yellow didn’t crackle as well, but I may have had the consistency off on that one or not spread the mixture on thick enough. You can add flavoring as well, but I ate one and it still tasted great. 😊

Sweet Prodigy posted:

Your techniques are perfect! These look really good!

Thank you! That’s always very nice to hear!

Cookies by Brooke posted:

Kirsten posted:

Those are so beautiful!  Can I ask how you got those cookies to look crackled?  You don't have to give away your secrets if you don't want to

I don’t mind sharing- people here are very generous with their tips and secrets. I mixed white gel food coloring and a little colored gel coloring with cornstarch until it was the consistency of Elmer’s glue. I painted that onto bare cookies. The crackles apear after about 2 hours. The yellow didn’t crackle as well, but I may have had the consistency off on that one or not spread the mixture on thick enough. You can add flavoring as well, but I ate one and it still tasted great. 😊

Thank you very much for sharing your tips, how generous of you!😙

Pretty!

Beautiful!

Cookies by Brooke posted:

Kirsten posted:

Those are so beautiful!  Can I ask how you got those cookies to look crackled?  You don't have to give away your secrets if you don't want to

I don’t mind sharing- people here are very generous with their tips and secrets. I mixed white gel food coloring and a little colored gel coloring with cornstarch until it was the consistency of Elmer’s glue. I painted that onto bare cookies. The crackles apear after about 2 hours. The yellow didn’t crackle as well, but I may have had the consistency off on that one or not spread the mixture on thick enough. You can add flavoring as well, but I ate one and it still tasted great. 😊

Thank you so much for sharing!  I cannot wait to try this!

You’re welcome! Good luck!

Lovely!

Beautiful!

How do you do the crackle?  I know how to do it in paint but I don't think that would taste so good!

Belinda posted:

How do you do the crackle?  I know how to do it in paint but I don't think that would taste so good!

Hi Belinda! I have a comment above about the technique I used. It’s a combination of white food coloring and corn starch (and a little color if you don’t want white). Mix it to the consistency of Elmer’s glue. You can add flavoring, but I ate one of my cookies without the flavoring and it was very tasty and not dried-out at all.