These cookies were so exciting to make! It was definitely an iterative process. I started by printing off a sheet of Oscar images and taping them onto a cookie sheet. I taped parchment paper over the sheet of images and began piping over the images with white royal icing. These were left to dry and harden overnight.
When I was sure they were dry, I hit the bottle of Ever Clear to make the glittery paint to get Oscar ready for Oscar night!
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I mixed just a bit of EverClear and Wilton Pearl Dust.
I experimented with both bronze and gold to make the shimmer.
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Oscar gets bling-ed up!
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I made the cookies at the same time I made the cookies for Nick's birthday. I love the elegance of the scalloped edge cookie cutter. I piped a black border using a tip 1.
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My hand is always so shaky, but I'm getting better at working quickly!
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Next, I used 10 second thinned royal icing and a tip 2 to fill in the cookies. Notice my glass for holding the overturned bottle to prevent air bubbles, and the painted Oscars were ready to go into the wet icing.
I gently placed Oscar onto the wet icing and smoothed him down just a tidge.
He wasn't bling-ed up enough so I added a few black dots to each side and ran a toothpick through the dots. IMHO wet-on-wet icing is always so elegant.
I added a few extra dots for a little more design.
And there you have it! All dressed and ready to go to the red carpet!
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The kids said they actually look like bells. However, they were kind enough to tell me
they look very classy. I think they like the simplicity of the finished cookie. I could've used a
tip 0 or 00 to pip Oscar so it wouldn't have spread as much. Oh, well...I'm still learning what works.
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You can see more great Oscar Night creations over at Life's a Batch!
