How Long Until I Am Safe From Bleeding

Hi, FBbyLT, Congrats on making your first post. I look forward to many more to come!

Hi, this is a tough one to answer precisely, as bleeding depends on soooooo many things: (1) whether you piped wet-on-wet or wet-on-dry; (2) how thick your icings were to start; (3) how humid your drying conditions are; (4) how you dry the cookies . . . basically, the thicker the icings to start and the faster they dry, the less chance of bleeding. That being said, I'd give them a good 24 hours to be sure. I don't think you'll know much at the 5-hour mark. Best of luck! Please show us how they turned out.

I read somewhere that you get bleeding when there difference in your icing consistency.  

Econlady posted:

I read somewhere that you get bleeding when there difference in your icing consistency.  

I think that's because when one icing is too loose, it dissolves the other (or delays its setting) and thus bleeding ensues. It's not so much that they're different consistencies; it's just that one is relatively loose.

Thanks for the replies. I'm still watching the cookie with the black on it, however I also mixed up some different colors to use just so I'll feel safer! I also went ahead and ordered a different brand of food colors.

Everyone on here makes beautiful cookies - I hope to one day get up to this level!

Thanks for weighing in.

I didn’t know quite what to say, but sometimes the cookie stuff is a mystery.  It can feel like the cookie has a mind of its own.