Best Holiday Baking Recipes and Tips

How To: Create Winter Wonderland Cookies

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This sweet ornament cookie features two lovebirds in a snowy scene. Here’s how to do it.
What You Need
Sugar cookies; white cookie icing; icing bottle with tip ($20, sweetdanib.com); tweezers ($10, sweetdanib.com); sugar cardinals; small sugar snowflakes. Click here for product sources and buying info.

How to Create the Winter Wonderland Cookie, Step 1
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Using a bottle filled with white icing, outline the cookie, leaving a slight border from the edge of the cookie.

Tip: Using an icing bottle with a tip gives you more control. You can also buy pre-packaged tubes of icing at the supermarket.

How to Create the Winter Wonderland Cookie, Step 2
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Draw two branches for the birds to nest on.

How to Create the Winter Wonderland Cookie, Step 3
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Using tweezers, place a sugar cardinal on each branch.

How to Create the Winter Wonderland Cookie, Step 4
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Dot icing around the cookie to resemble snow.

How to Create the Winter Wonderland Cookie, Step 5
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Using tweezers, place a sugar snowflake on each icing dot, pressing in the candy so it adheres.

How to Create the Winter Wonderland Cookie, Step 6
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Let dry for 12 hours and string with twine to tie on a tree.

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