St. Patrick's Day Owl Cookie

A round sugar cookie decorated as a leprechaun owl with green icing and a top hat
Kim Simons
Intermediate
Decorate a 5-inch round sugar cookie with a St. Patrick's Day-themed owl design using fondant, royal icing piping, flooding, and petal dust shading.

Supply List

5-inch round sugar cookie
White fondant
Royal Icing
Food coloring
Squirt bottles
Piping bags
Small round piping tips
Toothpicks
Small paintbrush
Petal dust

Instructions

  • Cover the 5-inch round sugar cookie with a thin layer of white fondant.
    Covering a round sugar cookie with white fondant.
  • Sketch out the owl design on the fondant using a pointy clay tool.
    Sketching the owl design into the fondant.
  • Outline the design with icing (thick paste consistency) using a piping bag with a small tip. If the icing is too thin, add confectioners sugar.
    Outlining the owl design with green royal icing.
  • Set the cookie aside to dry.
    Cookie with owl outline icing set aside to dry.
  • Fill in solid colors using squeeze bottles with thinner icing (gravy consistency), using a toothpick to help spread it. Let dry.
    Flooding colors onto the owl design with a toothpick.
  • Using a small brush, paint in eyes and details.
    Painting eyes and details with a small brush.
  • Using a small dry brush, dust in highlights and shadows.
    Dusting highlights and shadows onto the owl cookie.