Thank you so much, I'm glad that it comes across as that! The last thing I want to do is just talk for the sake of talking. I always try to explain (maybe sometimes too much 🤣) but I try and remember when I was learning what I would have liked to know!
@@LittleCookieCo You were perfect. I’m a novice cookie decorator. I used to design and make jewelry, and most of it was quite beautiful. However, I lost my dad, daughter, brother, mother, horse and dog in a four-year period, and jewelry making just died in me. I’m not sure of the exact reason it happened, but I am trying to find activities to fill up the pain in my heart and cookie decorating caught my eye. I can only improve from where I stand now. Haha. Peace, AM
Oh wow, I am so sorry to hear that. I can't imagine the pain you were going through and am sure you still are. I hope this new hobby brings you a bit of peace ❤
Oh my goodness, it's hypnotizing to watch you pipe! Just found your channel and I'm checking out cookie videos this week. So impressed with your decorating skills! - Theresa
Yay!! You can really use any shapes but I like that it has that sleek modern look but a simple shape that if you don't have a cutter you can always use a jar lid or cup so no excuses to make them hehe ❤
@@LittleCookieCo yes! I was showing my class the "Cups" vid with Anna Kendrick where she was cutting biscuits with cups! I decided then and there... no excuse to not have the perfect shape cookies. Cheers!
Brilliant tutorial and THANK YOU for not speeding it uppppp!!!!! 🙏💐It means that me as a beginner can see the genuine speed that you work! 😃 Thank you for sharing! 😊💐
Thank so much ❤ and yes, most videos on instagram and Facebook are sped up a lot, so always remember go at your own pace! Most of the time we go really really slow hehe
I am even guilty of that, sometimes you feel like everyone does it so quickly and effortlessly, but it's not reality. However that's hard to remember when that's all you see! Glad to put a realistic expectation out there!
I am not the best decorator...ive tried... this yr found your view and I'm gonna try to simplify my cookies, and i think in turn, they will be better looking...ive got your video marked after i do a few I will get in the swing of things and hopefully impress my family this yr!! Thank you!!
Sometimes simple cookies are even more beautiful than the most detailed ones, so don't be afraid to simplify things! I'm glad you will give it another go. I'm sure your family will love them and appreciate the effort it took to make them. We all start as beginners and started with not so perfect cookies, so don't be too hard on yourself!! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas ❤
My daughters and I just decorated Christmas cookies and they are our best ever thanks to watching your beautiful video. Thanks for the inspiration and tips. Going slowly and using the right tools really helped ! It’s even more fun when your cookies turn out pretty !
OMG! I would never have the patience to Put so much detail into each cookie and if I did I would have to hurt anyone that tried to eat them! Really awesome work. I love the Christmas tree and the Christmas lights the best. I pray everyone watching has a safe and very merry Christmas!🙏🎄🎁🇺🇸✌
Thank you so much!! Only if you saw how long really detailed cookies take 🙈🤣 but it's therapeutic sometimes and a very rewarding feeling when you finish them! wishing you a very Merry and safe Christmas as well!
your videos are the most well explained tutorials I've ever watched! all detailed and I really loved them!! also they are simple to make for beginners like me and on a real paced tutorial with tips on how to outline the cookie. thank you and I am your new fan out here! 😊😊😊
Great tutorial, thank you! I recommend adding a logo to the video near the cookie, so when people use your footage without permission (it happens a lot), their viewers will at least see your logo.
I have JUST started learning how to decorate cookies by watching videos so I ❤️❤️ ❤️ this video‼️ First of all because you explain everything SO well and secondly the “simplicity” of the designs.🍪🍥 And most of all because it helps me feel not quite SO Intimidated 😱 Pleeeze keep’em coming like this for us newbies‼️😜
I'm so happy you enjoy them and are learning!! I try to explain as much as I can in all my videos exactly for that reason 😊 it can be frustrating in the beginning but keep at it and it gets a lot easier!!
Hi I just subscribed, and I just Love your Decorating skills. This is the Best complete Teaching I have found on you tube. Thank you so much just hope mine turn out !! Every year I struggled with trying to just look Professional. 😊 Thank you for this Video and For your time.
Aww thank you so much! Don't be too hard on yourself, I always think my cookies are not good enough like all the other ones I see on social media but my family and friends always say they're great. I think we are our own worst critics! Just keep practicing, take pictures and you'll see your progress much better that way!
Excellent and thank you so much for showing us simple decorating ideas. I just started learning how to decorate cookies and your videos really help out a lot ❤
Stephanie, the most stressful part of cookie making for me is preparing all of the icings! Can you share how you get all of the icing ready? I saw all of your piping bags neatly laid out with all the consistencies and colors you need for these cookies. It's THAT part that is super time consuming for me and stressful! Do you put your original icing into separate bowls to color them? Then do you separate that again to make 2 different consistencies? What about running out of a color? Your advice would be greatly appreciated! :)
Preparing the icing is definitely time consuming! The way I do it is I try and make my original icing to my outline consistency right out of the mixer, then I put enough in each bowl for the outline and flood for each colour, then colour each one. If I need to adjust the consistency for my outline, I do it now for each colour. Once its good I take some of it out and bag it. Then I add water to the remaining icing in the bowl and make it my flood, then I let that sit with a damp paper towel to let the bubbles rise, I try to do it at least 10-15 minutes while I prepare the other colours. Then I pop the bubbles with my spoon and bag my flood icing. I usually always make more than enough as I hate trying to remake an exact colour, and then I freeze the leftovers to and add them to new icing in the future. What I like about having the outline consistency is that if my flood runs out, I usually have more than enough outline and can thin some of it down. Hope that helps a bit!
Thank you! These are the ones I'm using in the video www.amazon.ca/Thickened-100pcs-Disposable-Cupcake-Decorating/dp/B073JC881S/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=tipless+bags&qid=1607751697&sr=8-1
Thank you!! And yes here's a video on how I make the cookies.. the recipe is linked below the video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3orMJXkKk5o.html
Hahaha I don't eat too many anymore. When I used to sell them, I always tried one to be sure everything tasted alright but nowadays my family snaps them up normally!
Once they're completely dry (I'd give them at least overnight to be sure, uncovered) you can have them in a container and stack them with no issues. They're pretty sturdy and can be handled easily once dry. They also freeze really well. The trick is to have them in an airtight container, or ziploc bag and when you want to defrost them, take them out, leave them on the counter and do not open the bag or container until they are completely defrosted. If you open it too early it may cause condensation and the icing may be damaged or bleed. But freezing is a great way to keep the around for a long time!
I have a couple, one is with a snowflake cutter the other is on a circle cutter. The links are here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jHzrXAvCJ9E.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8qD-wJoECy4.html
@@LittleCookieCo Thank you so much .... So thats +- 30c to 32c. - I am new to cookie decorating so .... Will watch a few more of your video's and give it a "go". I have decided that this Christmas we do edable gifts and I will bake home made cookies and dollie it up with a few decorated cookies. Thank you for sharing with us 💫
Yes around 30 degrees, if im in a rush then I'll put it up a bit higher! But I try not to have it too warm. And what a great idea, I'm sure everyone will love their gifts ❤
Hi there, these are so beautifully decorated. Would you be able to tell me, besides those plastic tubes for the icing, what are the instruments you use to decorate? I know you mentioned a "scribe" and wondered if there is a special name for it. Thanks so much.
Thank you!! The tubes of icing are called tipless bags. Basically icing bags where you don't have to use metal tips because you just cut the tip off the bag. And it's actually called a scribe tool! If you don't have one a toothpick is all you need really. Other than that, you need some good gel colours and you're good to go!
Which bags do you use for outlining vs flooding, or does it not matter? Trying to figure out the difference between the two types of piping bags that you have listed. Thanks!
I use the same brand of bags for both! I just have 2 different consistencies of icing, so for each colour I have a thicker and a thinner icing. The ones I listed are both good, the 2nd ones are a touch thinner so they have a thinner seam and are good for very fine details but because they are thinner they ca burst easier if you put a ton of pressure on the bag. I usually use the first ones more as they're a bit thicker but still good for detailed work but haven't had one burst on me yet! Both are good and I've used both a lot over the years!
@@LittleCookieCo I couldn’t even get the icing through tip #3. I’m guessing my Wilton Cake decorating tips are the same??? I’m brand new at this and flopped totally! :(
Oh no!! Was your icing really thick? The hard part with royal icing is it dries really quickly, so I always have a damp paper towel and pit the tips of my bags on, and then I fold it over the tips to keep the from crusting. Or your icing could be thick and then harder to come out of the tip.
@@LittleCookieCo I didn’t think it was too think. I made the icing recipe with corn syrup and not the meringue powder (I know mine was quite old). Once I can get some more meringue powder I will try it again. I just used the icing to spread on the cookie and used sprinkles so I didn’t waste it. Saved some cookies to freeze and try again later.
Maybe try sifting your powdered sugar? Could have clumps in there that's clogging the tip. Or have you tried using tipless bags? That way you can cut your tip as big or small as needed?
Thank you!! In that video I'm actually using a couple different bags, ill link both for you! These ones, it was the first time I bought them and they're pretty good: www.amazon.ca/Thickened-100pcs-Disposable-Cupcake-Decorating/dp/B073JC881S/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=yotipp+bags&qid=1607751736&sr=8-2 And these I've used for a while now and like them a lot! scoop-n-save.com/tipless-medium-disposable-piping-bags-100-pk/
I almost 100% use the bag, the only times I use a tip is if I need a star tip (which isn't very often) or when I am doing flowers. Here's a video showing all the things you can do woth tipless bags! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Kpp8DWfQy0o.html
It can take a few hours for the bottom layer to dry, but if you have a fan that you can place so it blows air on your cookies, it speeds up the process and you maybe only have to wait about 40 minutes or so. If you do a few dozen, by the time you've finished them all usually the first ones are good to go for the next layer if you use a fan. You can also use a dehydrator to speed it up as well if you have one.
@@LittleCookieCo i have never tried making it. Seeing you made me wanna try it. And if it's such a success then i can sell it 🤭 i hope i can make one.. thank you for your advice. Later if i have some questions, i Will ask you again. Success to you, dear.. ❤️
I leave them out without any fans or dehydrator running. So usually I leave them on the counter or if they've dried for a while alreayd I'll leave them in my dehydrator with it turned off and the door wide open. But they can be left out for days without getting stale!
I always add white to my icing when I make it, even if I color it black after! And if im doing black and red I always try to do it with fresh icing and dry in a fan or dehydrator. Seems to work 99.9% of the time! Here's my icing recipe if needed ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L5mVKZnTqac.html
I didn't list the coloure but the ones I used were (all Americolor brand): Leaf green Lemon yellow mixed with egg yellow Red Red Sky blue Super black Warm brown mixed with chocolate brown
Thank you so much! I have a video and recipe in the description of the video! You can find it here: m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3RrzUo3-RWg.html
Royal icing doesn't do well with moisture/fat, so if it's on buttercream im not sure if it was piped directly on if it would hold up. You could always do cookies and then add them on to the cake!
Pessoal lembrando que toda decoração c glacê real existe técnica de desidratar p poder continuar a decoração, eles não dão os pulo do gato, eu tive que pagar um curso p saber dos segredos por trás das aulas no RU-vid
Lately I've been using the Cake Mama bags, but I've used Master bags as well (can find them in amazon). I've heard great things about Borderlands Bakery bags and TMP bags as well!
Yes I think they're about 12 inches. I try to get the largest size always! Sometimes in videos ill cut my bags down just so they don't block the view of the camera, but I always use the big bags 😊
Yes, I do! You don't have to, but I find it easier for me. I make a thicker icing for my outline so it keeps the inside icing (the flood) on the cookie!
Hi, when I make royal icing, it crusts so quickly that I have a hard time doing the wet on wet technique. Do you know why that would be? Could it be the meringue powder?
How much meringue powder do you use? Are you in a really dry environment as well? You may have to add more water to your icing to make it more liquid so it doesn't dry as fast!
@@LittleCookieCo for a two pound bag of sugar, I use 5 tablespoons of powder and a little more than 1/2 cup of water. I live in Baltimore so It's not dry. Does it matter if the icing has been out for a while. I use piping bags and not bottles.
I only use about 3 tablespoons so maybe try to cut back on the meringue powder. And when you make your flood consistency, try making it a little thinner, so add more water. And having the icing in piping bags shouldn't affect it much unless you have it out for days (but it leads to separation and not make it dry quicker). Check out this video i show how loose my flood icing is, it may help! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yeXuOiMc-E4.html
Hi! The fastest way is with a dehydrator! You only have to wait 20-30 minutes for it to crust over. The next best way is to use a fan to blow air on your cookies! Take a bit longer, but works better than air drying!
I usually make cookies one night then decorate the next! So after they bake and have cooled down, you can put them in an airtight container. If you wont decorate them for a while, you can always freeze them as well. For icing, you can make it ahead of time and freeze, and you can also freeze any leftover you have as well!
Haha I mean you can use whatever you want I guess if you're eating them. People usually use toothpicks, they work really well. You want something sharp and pointy, not sure if an screwdriver would do!
Yeah I saw the video and thought that looks way worse than it is haha. But I guess its the lens blur at that point and the shadow makes it look like the cookie 🤦♀️ but these cookies have brown sugar and when they are golden brown on the bottoms they taste sooo much better in my opinion! I've tried not letting them brown and the taste just wasn't there 😊
