Standing Graduate Cookies
It’s graduation time again and as usual I’m up to my eyeballs in cookies. To keep things a interesting I try to come up with ways to change the cookies up each year.
This year I used a teensie tiny squished square from this set to turn my Karen’s Cookies boy and girl into graduates {and a diploma, but I forgot to take pics before they left me} .
If you don’t have the exact cutters I do, no worries. With a little imagination you can make several cutters work!
Since I usually try to avoid highly detailed cookie tutorials, here’s a quick breakdown of the decorating process.
The details took the longest. Different strokes for different folks but here’s the route I took:
- Use 20-second icing to make a diploma
- Use 20-second icing for hands
- White piping icing and a #44 tip makes a nice collar {a #3 works fine if you don’t have a #44}
- Use a #13 tip and stiff-ish brown icing for hair
- Use black 20-second icing for eyes
- Add tassel strings with a #1.5 tip
- Add gown and hat details with a #2 tip
- Use a #13 tip to make tassels
My graduates are speechless but you could add a smile if you like…or a frown. These little guys might not be so happy if they knew that their destiny is to be eaten!
This year I have a little graduate of my own. I think he outshines the cookies. But then again, I’m a little biased.
Graduate cookies for the graduate. What a wonderful treat!
You can use a “smooshed” square cutter to add graduation caps to any of these cookie designs:
For more graduation cookie ideas check out these posts:
- Easy Confetti Graduation Cookies
- Graduate Face Cookies
- Wise Old Owl Cookies
- “2013” Cookies {these are actually “2012” cookies, but who’s counting, right?}
- Graduation Cap and Diploma Cookies Simplified
I hope everyone can find a little peace this week. My thoughts and prayers go out to those affected by the Oklahoma tornadoes.