Make this ‘Mountain View’ cookie

Originally published at: https://www.riverreporter.com/stories/make-this-mountain-view-cookie,50134

Anyone with eyes can see that we live in one of the most beautiful places in the world. And because we live here, sometimes that’s easy to forget.

I’ve been lucky enough to see mountains in a lot of places, including California, Utah, South Dakota, Asia and Ireland. But some of the most wonderful views on the planet are right outside our doors.

That’s why I chose this project for this month’s tutorial. I’ve always said that Mother Nature is my favorite artist, and when you combine the look of mountains with the smell of baking cookies, you make magic in your own kitchen.

Mountain View Cookie

Learn how to decorate a cookie with a Mountain View landscape using royal icing, edible gel colors, and edible paper flowers.

Kim Simons
Beginner
A gingerbread cookie decorated with a landscape painting featuring white birch trees, a blue sky, and pink and yellow flower details

Supply List

Gingerbread or Sugar CookiesRoyal Icing (Recipe)Edible gel colorsEdible paperSmall Black Edible BeadsPiping Gel (Clear)Paper PlatesSpoonsToothpicksCup of WaterSmall and Medium PaintbrushesScissorsPaper TowelsSmall Flower Paper Punches

Instructions

  • Make a sugar cookie or gingerbread using your favorite recipe.
  • Make and color Royal Icing as instructed.
    Bowl with white, blue, green, and orange royal icing for decorating.
  • Spread and blend Royal Icing on the top half of the cookie with a spatula to make the sky.
    Knife spreading blue and white royal icing sky onto a square cookie.
  • Use a small palette knife to add green icing for the grass.
    Knife spreading green royal icing for grass on the cookie.
  • Add trees to the center using a palette knife and a small brush.
    Hand using a brush to add green royal icing trees to the cookie.
  • Spread and blend icing on the bottom half of the cookie to make the field.
  • Add mountains to the top half using a palette knife and a brush.
    Hand detailing the mountain and field scene on the cookie with a brush.
  • Add color to the foreground with a small brush, using a horizontal motion.
  • Add birch trees using a small brush and white icing.
    Hand using a paintbrush to add white birch tree details with icing.
  • Detail the trees and background with black icing.
    Hand adding black royal icing branch details to the birch trees.
  • Make flowers and leaves out of edible paper.
    Hand punching edible paper flowers in pink, purple, and yellow.
  • Assemble using piping gel.
    Hand assembling edible paper flowers with piping gel.
  • Glue the plants to the foreground with icing.
    Hand gluing edible paper flowers to the cookie foreground.

Products Used

• Icing Images : SmArt Sheets (edible paper)
• Artisan Accents : Edible gel colors
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What’s nice about this project is that it isn’t very hard to do, which makes it fun for the entire family. Who doesn’t like to decorate cookies? And who doesn’t like to eat them afterward?

As always, my tutorial is *a way, not *the way. Feel free to be as creative as you please. Just remember to save a few cookies for when company comes… or to give away as a unique gift.

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