JACK O' LANTERN HALLOWEEN COOKIE | Hand painted Royal Icing Tutorial

➡️ Get the supply list and instructions for this Jack O'Lantern Halloween Cookie below!
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⭐Chilled sheet of cookie dough (use your favorite recipe or get mine here: https://bit.ly/SweetAmbsShop)
⭐Plaque template
⭐Knife to cut the cookie
⭐2-¾” round cookie cutter for the moon
⭐Flood consistency royal icing in purple and white (see color combinations below)
⭐Stiff consistency royal icing in white
⭐Medium consistency royal icing in orange
⭐3 - 12” Decorating bags
⭐Bag ties
⭐Couplers
⭐2 - Decorating tip 3
⭐Decorating tip 1
⭐Scribe tool (https://www.etsy.com/shop/CookieScribeCo)
⭐White powdered food coloring (I used Crystal Colors dust in Snowflake: https://sugarpaste.com/catalog/orderC...)
⭐Black powdered food coloring (also from Crystal Colors)
⭐Black food decorating pen (available here: https://amzn.to/3d5VUBH)
⭐Round decorator brush (I used the round brush from the Wilton 5 piece set)
⭐Thin decorator brush (I used an artist brush from the craft store)
⭐Paint palette
⭐Vodka or grain alcohol for painting
⭐Chefmaster Violet, Lemon Yellow, and Sunset Orange food coloring for painting

Color combinations (I used Chefmaster)
⭐Purple = Violet
⭐Orange = 4 parts Sunset Orange + 1 part Violet

➡️Instructions
Place the template on a chilled sheet of cookie dough and cut around it with a knife. Bake the cookie according to the recipe instructions and allow it to cool completely before decorating.
Trace a round cookie cookie cutter on the plaque-shaped cookie with a scribe tool.
Ice the area outside of the circle with dark purple flood consistency royal icing and a decorating tip 3. Use the scribe tool to help shape the icing.
Fill in the circle with white flood consistency royal icing and a decorating tip 3. Use the scribe tool to help shape the icing.
Allow the icing to dry completely (overnight is best).
Mix white powdered food coloring and purple gel food coloring with vodka or grain alcohol.
Paint a glow around the moon with the white powdered food coloring.
Mix some of the purple food coloring with the white powdered food coloring to paint craters on the moon.
Mix black powdered food coloring with vodka or grain alcohol.
Trace the pumpkins from the template with the scribe tool (trace the entire scene first, then cut the pieces of the template to trace each section separately).
Use a thin brush to paint the trees with black powdered food coloring.
Paint the hill and haunted house in the background, making sure to follow the guide created with the template.
Use a black edible ink marker to draw the trees and bats.
Use a spatula to spread a thin layer of white stiff consistency royal icing over the jack-o-lanterns.
Use the scribe tool to draw the faces of the jack-o-lanterns in the icing.
Ice every other section of the jack-o-lanterns with orange medium consistency royal icing and a decorating tip 1. Use the scribe tool to help shape the icing.
Allow the icing to dry for about 30 minutes.
Fill in the remaining sections and the stems of the jack-o-lanterns.
Allow the icing to dry for about 2 hours.
Mix yellow and orange food coloring with vodka or grain alcohol.
Paint the faces of the jack-o-lanterns with the yellow food coloring.
To give the jack-o-lanterns a glowing effect, paint an outline in each of the face cut-outs with the orange food coloring mixture.
Color the stems and add shading to the jack-o-lanterns with the purple food coloring mixture.
Pipe a border around the cookie with orange medium consistency icing and a decorating tip 1. This is the same icing that was used to pipe the jack-o-lanterns.

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Hi, I'm Amber! My cookie decorating tutorials are filmed in my studio in upstate, New York. I'm a graduate of the baking and pastry program at the Culinary Institute of America and I've been decorating cookies professionally for over 12 years! I love sharing my techniques and I post cookie decorating tutorials with step-by-step instructions here on my YouTube channel every week. Let me know if you have any suggestions for upcoming videos!

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