Polar Pals Decorated Cookies
With the recent blast of bitterly cold weather, it is almost impossible not to have winter cookies on the brain. Polar pal cookies are the perfect way to keep warm and busy on a long winter day.
I used my trusty snowman cutter as the base for this sweet little snow girl.
To make these cookies you will need:
- Yellow piping and 20-second icing
- Flesh tone piping and 20-second icing {a small amount}
- Red piping and flood icing
- Black 20-second icing
- Stiff-ish white piping icing
Begin by using a round cookie cutter and food safe marker to map out the face. This is a great way to create uniform cookies without a projector.
Next, flood each section of the face with 20-second icing. Let partially dry.
Once the face is set, outline and fill the parka.
Wait a bit then add hair, hands {I used piping icing}, and boots. At this point, let the cookie completely dry.
Once the base is dry, add fur trim to the parka. I went with Ateco grass tip #133 because it’s a little smaller in diameter {therefore more precise} than Wilton’s version, #233. If you don’t have the Ateco version, you can pick them up here or here.
It takes a little time to get used to using a grass tip, so you might do a practice run on paper before attempting this technique an actual cookie.
Holding the tip at a ninety degree angle just above the cookie, lightly squeeze, pull up, and release.
For the best result, try not to dip the tip back into the wet icing. I had a little trouble with this part, as you can see below but luckily fur isn’t perfect. If necessary, use a clean wet cloth to clean the tip between cookies, or have a couple spare tips on hand.
Finish up with eyes and a nose.
To complete the look I mixed my sweet little winter gal with trees, penguins, polar bears, seals, and LizyB inspired snow-fall cookies.
For tips on making the other cookies in this collection, check out the following links: