Decorated Baby Bunny Cookies

These baby bunny cookies are some of my favorites and I made them again this year for clients and friends. I received some emails asking questions so I'm happy to show you how to make them!

What You'll Need:

• Batch o' Bunny Cookies (Sugar Cookie Recipe)
• Royal Icing Recipe
• Pearl Dragees (tail)
• Assorted Small Pink Dragees (eyes) or use icing
• #2 Plain Round Decorating Tip/Coupler (optional)
• Decorating Bag or Parchment Cone
• Squeeze Bottle (optional)
  
• Soft Pink Americolor Gel Color
  

To decorate:

1.
Outline The Cookie
~ with pink icing using a #2 round tip.

2.
Fill In The Cookie
~ with thinned white icing.
First, I like to run a rim of thinned icing around the interior of the cookie. This gives me a clean edge against the pink icing outline. I leave gaps around the curves for more control and go back and coax the icing into place with the nozzle of the bottle. I then work from the top of the cookie to the bottom, filling in as I go.

Question:
"How do you get your icing so smooth without bubbles?"

Answer:
I do get some very small bubbles sometimes but I came up with this trick and it works pretty well for me ~ when I put thinned icing into a squeeze bottle to fill in a cookie, I put the cap on the bottle and turn it upside down and let the air bubbles rise to the bottom of the bottle, which is now the top. I always keep my icing bottles in this position even when I'm not using them at a particular moment. Using a tall glass to hold them works well. If you don't have a cap for your bottle, place a damp piece of paper towel or a piece of sponge in the bottom of the glass. Give it a try!

3.
Dragees!
Because these are sweet baby bunnies I wanted something simple for their decoration.
The pearl dragees by India Tree are what I used for the tail.


To show you different eye looks, I used different shades of pink dragees for the eyes from a bright pink, to a soft pink to metallic pink, which is my favorite.

After filling in the cookie with the white icing, I waited for about 5 minutes or so before adding the tail and eye dragees. Waiting allows the icing to set up just enough so the dragees do not sink into the icing too far. You might like to use a dot of pink icing instead.

4.
Bunny Nose
Use a drop of pink icing for the nose.


I like to use thinned icing so it finishes without the peak of stiffer icing. If you don't want to do this step, pipe a dot using the pink icing used to outline the bunny. Almost immediately after you pipe it, dab your finger in a little bit of corn starch and touch the peak of the icing to flatten it.

5.
Bunny Blush

Question:
"How do you make the blush color on the ear?"

Answer :
I used matte pink petal powder. What you see on the brush is all you need for a cookie. After the cookie icing completely dried and has hardened, I brushed it on the ear and rubbed it in with my finger.


The bunnies are hopping to make their spring debut!