Cowboy & Indian Cookies Decorating Instructions

Before you start, you will need –

FOR COWBOY & INDIAN (use Gingercookie recipe)

  • Indian Cookie Cutter found in Aunt Chick’s Special Days Set
  • Decorator (found in our store)
  • Royal Icing or Edible Paint
  • Artists “fine” brush (found in our store)
  • Colored sugars – red, blue, green (found in our store)
  • Food Coloring Gels (found in our store)
  • Foodoodler Markers (found in our store) 

    COWBOY ONLY
  • Cowboy Cookie Cutter found in Aunt Chick’s Jolly Days Set
  • Small bowls for the corn syrup or egg whites
  • Crushed chocolate wafer cookies or graham crackers
  • Coconut

DECORATING YOUR EAGLE CHIEF INDIAN

  1. Wait for the cookies to have cooled to the touch.
  2. Mix up the preferred colors of Royal Icing (for recipe see below). Pipe on circles for the headdress that you want to add sanding sugar to.
  3. Use sprinkle on sanding sugar to these areas while the icing is still wet.
  4. When that area is the dry pipe on the rest of the feathers and headdress in alternating colors.
  5. When all icing is dry use your Foodoodler markers or paint on food coloring gel for face paint, eyes and lips.

 

DECORATING YOUR MANLY COWBOY

  1. Wait for the cookies to have cooled to the touch.
  2. Apply egg white mixture (or corn syrup) to shirt and jeans. Sprinkle on preferred color sanding sugar (let dry)
  3. Mix up the preferred colors of Royal Icing (for recipe see below). Pipe icing on chaps and apply crushed cookie, graham crackers, or coconut (let dry).
  4. When that area is the dry pipe on scarf, gloves, and hat (the hat can also be painted on with food coloring or foodoodler).
  5. When all icing is dry use your Foodoodler markers or paint on the food coloring gel for eyes, cheeks, and lips.