Potion Bottle Cookies
If cookies could have a theme song you’d be reading this to the tune from The Wonder Years. If it weren’t for a little {or a lot} of help from my friends, we wouldn’t even be talking about them now.
They started out like a lot of my cookie ideas, as a completely different cutter. From the moment I saw them I was imagining new shapes. Like potion bottles. All it took was a little trimming.
If you don’t have these cutters, that’s okay. You could use another sundae cutter, a beaker, a baby rattle, a skull, or maybe a hot air balloon. Be creative.
I thought about adding a cork, but scrapped that idea in the interest of cutting colors. But you could if ya really wanted.
Anywho, to make these cookies you will need:
- White piping and flood icing
- Blue 20-second icing
- Green 20-second icing
- Ivory 20-second icing
- Ivory gel color and a paintbrush
- Black piping icing
- A little help from friends
Begin by outlining the cookie with white icing. I used a #2 tip. Fill the bottle with blue icing leaving a space pictured below. After the blue has set, fill in the remaining space with green.
This is where it turns into a story about friends rather than a cookie tutorial. Bet you didn’t see that coming.
Up until this step I was on a roll. I had an idea and a plan. I used 20-second icing to add a label, let it dry then set out to antique them a la Arty McGoo. I mean, I’ve seen her live demo it and it looked simple enough. Then I realized I’m no Arty McGoo. It took three tries and a little coaching {from those friends I mentioned} to even get into the ballpark.
Since I’m now painfully aware that I am not qualified to give tips on cookie painting, I’ll just summarize the experience.
Begin by watching Arty McGoo’s antiquing video. Use a paper towel to dab the wet brush before touching the cookie, paint with a swirly motion rather than strokes, and I prefer ivory gel paste over brown. Did I mention that I made a mess?
The antiquing debacle threw me so much that I kind of lost steam. I was frustrated and nothing looked right. I ended up sending out SOS messages to some of my closest cookie friends. I ended up with these.
There aren’t step-by-step photos of that nightmare, but the moral of the story and the reason that these cookies have a theme song is that I got by with a little help from my friends. Which is kind of appropriate for Alice in Wonderland cookies anyway.
If you like these cookies be sure to check out these links:
- Easy Alice Cookie {how to make the Alice cookie above}
- Harlequin Cookie Stencil {if you don’t see it listed, message the seller}
- Antiquing Cookies with Arty McGoo
- Antiquing with Lustre Dust via Lila Loa
- Antiquing Cookies with Thinned Icing via The Bearfoot Baker