Sometimes it's hard to show 3D items with one picture. This is nothing like what I originally hoped to make for this challenge, but I'm kind of liking where it ended up.
It's probably a combination of a few things. The dough is a very stiff/hard gingerbread (construction grade), then I coated with an egg/milk/food coloring mixture and let dry. Then I covered with the corn syrup. First I tried a corn syrup/vodka mix, but the coloring glaze is kind of oily and the vodka beaded. Then I brushed on straight corn syrup and placed in the dehydrator. I did this process on the pieces before assembly. It also probably helps that I live in a very low humidity area.
Julia M. UsherFounder and Host, Cookie Connection; Owner, Recipes for a Sweet Life
Originally Posted by Rocking Horse Sugar Decor:
It's probably a combination of a few things. The dough is a very stiff/hard gingerbread (construction grade), then I coated with an egg/milk/food coloring mixture and let dry. Then I covered with the corn syrup. First I tried a corn syrup/vodka mix, but the coloring glaze is kind of oily and the vodka beaded. Then I brushed on straight corn syrup and placed in the dehydrator. I did this process on the pieces before assembly. It also probably helps that I live in a very low humidity area.
Interesting . . . so is it completely dry to the touch or a little tacky? Even fully dry corn syrup has gotten very tacky on me as soon as I've moved it into a less dry environment. The sugar absorbs the ambient moisture and reverts back to close to its original state.
I just touched the candle sticks and and they are still dry. I made some mason jar cookies covered with a corn syrup/vodka mix last August and they are very hard now and still glossy. (I still have them as they were a county fair entry). Originally Posted by Julia M. Usher:
Originally Posted by Rocking Horse Sugar Decor:
It's probably a combination of a few things. The dough is a very stiff/hard gingerbread (construction grade), then I coated with an egg/milk/food coloring mixture and let dry. Then I covered with the corn syrup. First I tried a corn syrup/vodka mix, but the coloring glaze is kind of oily and the vodka beaded. Then I brushed on straight corn syrup and placed in the dehydrator. I did this process on the pieces before assembly. It also probably helps that I live in a very low humidity area.
Interesting . . . so is it completely dry to the touch or a little tacky? Even fully dry corn syrup has gotten very tacky on me as soon as I've moved it into a less dry environment. The sugar absorbs the ambient moisture and reverts back to close to its original state.
Julia M. UsherFounder and Host, Cookie Connection; Owner, Recipes for a Sweet Life
Originally Posted by Rocking Horse Sugar Decor:
I just touched the candle sticks and and they are still dry. I made some mason jar cookies covered with a corn syrup/vodka mix last August and they are very hard now and still glossy. (I still have them as they were a county fair entry). Originally Posted by Julia M. Usher:
Originally Posted by Rocking Horse Sugar Decor:
It's probably a combination of a few things. The dough is a very stiff/hard gingerbread (construction grade), then I coated with an egg/milk/food coloring mixture and let dry. Then I covered with the corn syrup. First I tried a corn syrup/vodka mix, but the coloring glaze is kind of oily and the vodka beaded. Then I brushed on straight corn syrup and placed in the dehydrator. I did this process on the pieces before assembly. It also probably helps that I live in a very low humidity area.
Interesting . . . so is it completely dry to the touch or a little tacky? Even fully dry corn syrup has gotten very tacky on me as soon as I've moved it into a less dry environment. The sugar absorbs the ambient moisture and reverts back to close to its original state.
Hmm . . . must be very dry there. Where are you located?
I just touched the candle sticks and and they are still dry. I made some mason jar cookies covered with a corn syrup/vodka mix last August and they are very hard now and still glossy. (I still have them as they were a county fair entry). Originally Posted by Julia M. Usher:
Originally Posted by Rocking Horse Sugar Decor:
It's probably a combination of a few things. The dough is a very stiff/hard gingerbread (construction grade), then I coated with an egg/milk/food coloring mixture and let dry. Then I covered with the corn syrup. First I tried a corn syrup/vodka mix, but the coloring glaze is kind of oily and the vodka beaded. Then I brushed on straight corn syrup and placed in the dehydrator. I did this process on the pieces before assembly. It also probably helps that I live in a very low humidity area.
Interesting . . . so is it completely dry to the touch or a little tacky? Even fully dry corn syrup has gotten very tacky on me as soon as I've moved it into a less dry environment. The sugar absorbs the ambient moisture and reverts back to close to its original state.
Hmm . . . must be very dry there. Where are you located?
I'm in southern Idaho. It it dry here - high desert.
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