Dutch Valentine Wafer Paper Cookies How-To

You Will Need:

• No Fail Sugar Cookie Recipe
• Vintage Dutch Wafer Paper Postcards - DISCONTINUED
• Rectangle Cookie Cutter
• Edible Clear Gel
• Royal Icing Mix
• Jumbo Heart Quins
• Squeeze Bottles or Pastry Bag
• Parchment Paper
• Small Craft Scissors

Instructions:

1. Use No Fail Sugar Cookie recipe and cut out several rectangle cookie shapes. Bake and cool as directed.
2. Prepare Royal Icing Mix and pour into squeeze bottles. Make sure the consistency is that of heavy cream. Dye icing with gel colors if desired.
3. Ice each cookie with 1 layer of royal icing. Let completely dry (1-2 hours or overnight).
4. Carefully cut out wafer paper shapes using craft scissors, making sure each one will fit on the cookie. Be careful, wafer paper is fragile!
5. Adhere each wafer paper cut out to a cookie shape by adhering a thin layer of edible clear writing gel (or light corn syrup) to the top of the iced cookies.
6. 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).
7. Flip cookies over and add additional decoration, such as heart quins with the edible clear writing gel. Add borders on each cookie with remaining icing and tip of your choice.
8. Let completely dry and store in an airtight container.