Handpainted Robin Cookie 

+lilylollipop10 Thank you! I do often speed up videos, but as this was explicitly to show how I paint, I kept it slow. But I had to edit loads out as it was about 30 minutes long!

+Karen St. Clair Thank you!

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Dimy Ssg My pleasure :-)

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Thank you! I have a recipe that doesn't spread too much, but I also always freeze my rolled dough, then cut straight from the freezer and bake from very cold/frozen. If it's taken a long time so the dough's softened, I'll put them back in the freezer on the tray, before baking. Then about two thirds of the way through baking, I take them out and press the tops with something flat, to flatten out bubbles and unevenness. A fondant smoother is really good for this. I'll do it again when they're finished baking, if they've risen up again.

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Frieslanda Uneputty My pleasure :-)

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+Sharon Taukiri Hi Sharon. Of course! Cookies are for eating :-) I actually made about 15 sets of Christmas cookies, each with its own handpainted robin, so I presume at least some got eaten!

+Margaret Lux Thank you! I'm so glad my videos helpful :-) Basically, since you can use food gels/pastes like paint, you can paint anything on a cookie, so most definitely a dog! It's just another canvas. You're right, it's partly familiarity that I use water. Also convenience - I can just fill a small bowl to use while I'm painting, it's free, and there's no temptation to drink while I'm doing it, ha ha. For reallly detailed handpainting, I use so very little 'paint' on my brush, building up in layers, that the water doesn't really have a chance to break down the surface of the icing. Any area that's just been painted I allow to dry before going back over it with more paint.

Thank you for responding. I look forward to watching more of your work on your edible canvas. I do hope you will create a dog one day.

+Migdi De la Cuadra Thank you!

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Thank you! I can't see that it matters if you save it, though of course it'll always be there to back to :-)

+normastid I don't see why it wouldn't work on a cake - it depends on the surface you have to paint on. I can't imagine it would work on buttercream, but smooth fondant, or smooth royal icing (or a seperate royal icing transfer) would work just fine :-)

transfering piping painted, yes I wolud try it, well thanks, I mean. tha final looks results is the hard dry royal glass, is firm and resistnecy warm and cold weather...

Hi Connie, it's a range of sizes. All the information about brushes etc, is in this blog post I wrote for my Cookie Connection column, 'What's New, Honeycat?' :-) cookieconnection.juliausher.com/blog/handpainted-robin-cookie

+WhatStef Thank you!

+rendarto Yes! Bite their little heads off. They're only sugar. Think of it like this - you go to the theatre and enjoy the performance but you never see it or the set, or the costumes again! It's ephemeral art :-)