Bowing Ballerina Cookies
Would you believe me if I told you there’s a dancing rat to thank for these cookies? True story.
I’ve dreamed of bowing ballerinas since Christmas time, but I couldn’t quite get it right…until I met Angelina Ballerina.
Technically she’s mouse, but that wasn’t immediately apparent to me. To make a long boring story short, Angelina led me to Google which in turn led to these.
There are many cutters that will work for bowing ballerina cookies. A flower or sun makes a great tutu while a mini-skull, snowman, ladybug, ring or ornament can serve as a head.
If you don’t have these particular cutters I encourage you to be creative and work with what you have on hand.
To make these cookies you will need:
- Light pink piping and flood icing
- Dark pink piping icing
- Yellow 20-second icing
- Fleshtone 20-second icing
- Black piping icing
- Stiff-ish dark pink and green icing for rosettes {optional} or pre-made swirl roses
Begin by outlining and flooding the “tutus”.
Next, follow the steps below to create tiny ballerina faces.
Use tiny tip to add eyes and rosettes. For a tutorial on swirl roses click here.
Make sure both cookies are completely dry before moving on. When it’s time to attach the cookies use fleshtone 20-second icing to add arms plus an extra dot of icing to secure the head.
When the head in in place use a #1.5 tip to pipe ruffles.
Make sure the cookies are completely dry.
Bowing ballerinas look great with ballerina face cookies. I pieced mine but a ring or skull cutter would work well.