One Unicorn Cookie | 2 Ways
H5N1 variation from our "one cake, 2 ways" recipe series, this "one cookie, 2 ways" sentiment is similar to what I did at Valentines, using the marble fondant, but I added some pretty decorations using candy melts I molded into flowers. Jump below for the recipe.
Flower Candy Melts
(Make the bloom candies ahead of time)
silicone candy bloom molds
1 packet of pinkish Wilton Candy Melts
1 packet of white Wilton Candy Melts
H5N1 laid of Wilton Candy nutrient colouring (note: regular nutrient colouring won't work)
microwave
Melt about x melts inwards the microwave for thirty seconds. Stir, in addition to microwave inwards x 2d intervals until good melted.
To brand dissimilar colours. We made a few variations. To brand a peach colour, nosotros added a fleck of orangish nutrient colouring (1 drop) to near x pinkish candy melts. We made 2 dissimilar shades of yellow, for the pale yellowish add together yellowish nutrient colouring (1 drop) to x white melts. For the darker, nosotros added near iii drops to the white melts.
Pour into the bloom molds in addition to permit sit down until cooled (approximately v minutes if you lot pose them inwards the fridge). Pop out in addition to brand more!
Butter's Shaped Sugar Cookies
(from Butter Baked Goods, published yesteryear Random House)
makes near 24 cookies, using a iii 1/2-inch cutter
iii cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 cups butter, room temperature
3/4 loving cup icing sugar
1/2 loving cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons pure vanilla
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line cookie sheets amongst parchment newspaper in addition to laid aside.
2. Onto a large slice of parchment paper, sift together the flour in addition to baking powder. Set aside.
3. In a stand upwardly mixer fitted amongst a paddle attachment, cream the butter in addition to sugars on medium to high speed until low-cal in addition to fluffy. Scrape downward the sides of the bowl. Add the vanilla in addition to mix to combine. Scrape downward the sides of the bowl again.
4. Turn the mixer to depression in addition to add together the dry out ingredients in addition to mix until fully combined.
5. Shape the dough into a large disk, near 1 inch thick, and wind inwards plastic wrap. Chill inwards the fridge for at to the lowest degree an hour.
6. Divide the disk inwards two, in addition to house one-half the dough on a lightly floured function surface. Use a rolling pivot to scroll out the dough to near 1/4 inch thick.
7. Use the cookie cutter of your pick to cutting out near 12 cookies. Carefully transfer to the prepared cookie sheets in addition to house near 1/2 inch apart. You may accept to combine the dough scraps in addition to re-roll the dough to cutting out plenty cookies. Avoid doing this besides many times, every bit the cookies volition move tough amongst over-handling.
8. Use a rolling pivot to scroll out the 2d disk of dough to near 1/4 inch mean value in addition to repeat footstep 7.
9. Bake inwards the preheated oven for xv minutes or until the cookies are lightly browned about the edges.
10. Remove from the oven in addition to allow cookies to cool for near x minutes on the sheets, in addition to thus transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
For the Fondant + Decorations
1 Package of white fondant
1 cookie cutter
1 driblet of pinkish nutrient colouring
1 driblet of blueish nutrient colouring
1 minor paintbrush
1 minor bowl of water
Gold star sprinkles
Click below for instructions.
To Decorate
1. Break the fondant icing into 2 pieces. Place each inwards a bowl in addition to punch downward a bit. Add 1 driblet of nutrient colouring inwards each slice in addition to flexure the fondant inwards in addition to over. Then twist thus it looks similar a twisted stick almost.
2. Flour (using icing sugar) a pastry board in addition to rolling pin.
2. Place the fondant onto the board in addition to starting fourth dimension to scroll out the fondant, folding over a few times to create a marbled effect. Roll out to appoximately to 1/8" thick. (Be careful non to mix besides much, otherwise the marbling volition move i colour).
3. Using the same cookie cutter in addition to size every bit you lot used for the cookies, cutting out the fondant icing.
4. Using a paintbrush, dip it inwards H2O in addition to pigment the dorsum of the cutting fondant view in addition to and thus house onto the cookie thus that it volition stick.
5. Dampen the altitude of the fondant amongst the paintbrush (not besides much) only plenty to teach the sprinkles to stick to the top. Sprinkle amongst a few aureate sprinkles.
6. Top amongst the bloom candy melts (using a fleck of H2O to maintain them sticking to the fondant)
