Birthday Cookies How-To

You Will Need:

• Birthday Figures Wafer Paper Set
• No Fail Sugar Cookie Recipe
• 1 bag royal icing
• Crinkle Rectangle Cookie Cutter Set Cutter
• Edible Clear Writing Gel
• Squeeze bottle
• Wax or parchment paper
• Small craft scissors
• Black, Red or Yellow edible sugar pearls

Instructions:

1. Use the No Fail Sugar Cookie recipe and cut out several rectangle, square, and scalloped circle cookie shapes. Bake and cool as directed.
2. Ice each cookie with 1 layer of royal icing or buttercream, if you prefer. Let it completely dry.
3. Carefully cut out wafer paper shapes using craft scissors, making sure each one will fit on the cookie. Be careful, wafer paper is fragile!
4. Adhere each wafer paper cut out to a cookie shape by applying a thin layer of edible clear writing gel (or light corn syrup) to the top of the iced cookies.
5. Flip each cookie face down on a piece of wax or parchment paper to dry for about 30 minutes (this will keep the wafer paper shape flat).
6. Flip the cookies over and add additional decoration, such as edible pearls or dragees, using the edible clear writing gel. Add borders on each cookie with the remaining icing and a tip of your choice. You can also add edible glitter for a wonderful shimmering effect.
7. Let them completely dry and store in an airtight container.