First, let me say how much I love this Pearl Dust! After the background icing is set up & before you start with the other details, just take a soft paint brush and dust it all over the cookie. It gives them this lovely sheen.
This is my favorite house ~ the little heart shingles are so sweet!
Here's the rest of the village…The snowflake cookies were made with this amazing cookie cutter from Fancy Flours. When I ordered it, I thought it was about 3 or 4" across….it's actually 8"! Mega cookie.
Royal Icing good things: Sets up fast so you can package and travel easily with the cookies. You can do amazing detail work with it. Drawbacks: Not so tasty {to me} and makes for a too-crunchy cookie.
My preference is for the taste of a softer frosting like we use on the Thanksgiving cookies. After much trial & error, my favorite is Betty Crocker Rich & Creamy Frosting in Cream Cheese flavor with an extra blended-in 8 oz package of cream cheese & some powdered sugar. The extra cream cheese = yummier flavor. The extra powdered sugar = faster drying time and a little more "body" to the soft frosting.
That said, I don't think I've ever made cookies prettier than these! I'm so happy and proud of how they turned out. :o)
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