Cookie Snowflake Wreath How-To

You Will Need:

• Chocolate Gingerbread Recipe or No Fail Sugar Cookie Recipe
• Snowflake Cookie Cutters
• 1 - 2 bags Royal Icing Mix for decorating and attaching cookies to wreath
• White Edible Glitter
• 4mm Silver Dragees
• White Sparkling Sugar
• Edible Silver Leaf Sprinkles; optional
• 8 oz. and or 2 oz. Squeeze Bottles
• 12" or 14" round cake board with hole cut in the center for base of wreath
• Scissors
• Ribbon for hanging

Instructions:

1. Bake and cool snowflake shaped cookies according to the recipe you choose. You will need approximately 30-36 assorted shaped snowflakes to make each wreath. Our wreath measures 14" in diameter. You can downsize to a smaller wreath if you wish.
2. Ice cookies as you desire with Royal Icing.
3. Sprinkle edible glitter on some cookies, and white sanding sugar on other. Add silver dragees and edible silver leaf to some cookies for extra sparkle. Allow some of the iced cookies to dry without sanding sugar or other decoration.
4. After the base coat dries on the plain iced cookies, pipe decorative swirls on them to add extra dimension. Allow all cookies to dry thoroughly overnight.
5. Prepare the cake board using scissors or a razor blade and cut a hole in the middle of a 12" or 14" cake board leaving a 3" ring, on which you will glue the dried snowflake cookies. The cookies will be attached to the un-waxed side of the cake board with royal icing.
6. Attach a base layer of cookies down to the board (larger cookie shapes will work best here). Keep layering/staggering the cookies until you reach the desired look (approximately 3 layers). Let the wreath set until royal icing is completely dry before hanging, approximately 8 hours.
7. Hang the wreath by wrapping ribbon through the top to form a bow.