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🎅🏻RECIPE🎅🏻 🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻The Precious Holiday Cookie Collection: Styling & Recipe Guide** This guide provides the instructions and techniques needed to recreate the specific angel, Santa, ornament, and jeweled cross cookies featured in the display. ### **Part 1: The Foundation** **Sugar Cookie Base** * **Cream:** 1 cup softened unsalted butter with 1 cup granulated sugar. * **Mix:** Add 1 egg and 1 tsp vanilla. * **Combine:** Gradually add 3 cups all-purpose flour and 1/2 tsp salt. * **Chill & Bake:** Chill dough for 1 hour. Roll to 1/4-inch thickness and cut into shapes. Bake at 350°F for 8–12 minutes. Cool completely. **Royal Icing Layers** * **Consistency:** Use "flood" icing (15-second count) for smooth surfaces and "stiff" icing for the raised filigree and details. * **Colors:** Deep Red, Kelly Green, Royal Blue, Black, Ivory, and Flesh tone. ### **Part 2: Essential Tools** 1. **Cutters:** Specialty shapes for the specific angel style, Santa, and flared crosses. 2. **Piping Tips:** * **Tip 1 or 1.5:** For the fine filigree, facial features, and the "IHS" monogram. * **Tip 2 or 3:** For flooding the main body of the cookies. * **Tip 13 or 16 (Small Star):** For the textured angel hair. 3. **Decorating Supplies:** Scribe tool, food-safe brushes, gold luster dust (mixed with lemon extract), and ultra-fine edible glitter. 4. **Edible Jewels:** Pre-made sugar or gelatin gemstones in emerald green, ruby red, and sapphire blue. ### **Part 3: Styling & Design Details** **The Precious Moments Angels** * **Face:** Use a fine brush or a Tip 1 with black icing to draw the iconic large, tear-drop eyes. Add a tiny white dot in each for a "soulful" look. * **Texture:** Pipe the hair with a small star tip in ivory or light brown. * **Shimmer:** Once the white wings are dry, lightly brush them with pearl dust. Use gold luster paint for the halo and the delicate scrollwork at the bottom of the gown. **The Jeweled Crosses** * **Gilded Base:** For the gold-heavy crosses, flood the entire cookie in gold-colored icing. Once dry, paint the whole surface with gold luster pigment for a metallic shine. * **Intricate Filigree:** Using a Tip 1, pipe dense, curly scrollwork over the surface. The icing must be very stiff to remain raised and distinct. * **Setting Jewels:** Use a small dot of stiff icing as "glue" to attach the edible jewels. Place a large one in the center and smaller ones at the points of the cross. **The Classic Santas** * **Dimension:** Flood the red suit first, let it set, then flood the white beard and trim. This prevents the colors from bleeding. * **Sparkle:** While the white icing on the hat and coat trim is still wet, generously coat it with white or iridescent edible glitter to mimic snow. * **Face:** Use a stiff flesh-colored icing for a 3D nose. **The Ornaments** * **Patterns:** For the striped or snowflake ornaments, wait for the base flood to dry completely (4–6 hours). Pipe the snowflakes and gold bands on top using a Tip 1.5 for a clean, professional finish. ### **Part 4: Pro-Tips for the Exact Look** * **The "IHS" Monogram:** Hand-letter this in the center of the crosses with gold luster paint and a very steady, fine-tipped brush. * **Depth:** Use a dry brush with a tiny amount of pink petal dust to give the angels and Santas rosy cheeks. * **Drying:** Let cookies dry overnight before packaging to ensure the heavy jewels and gold paint are fully set. #cookies #baking #christmas #cookiedecorating #homemade

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