These colourful Diwali Cookies with delicate and ethnic designs are truly drop dead gorgeous and it would elevate your festive spirit to a different level.
Colour your royal icing with a base colour. Fill the piping bag with the same.
Make a very small cut in your piping bag. If you wish to use a nozzle then use Wilton Nozzle No.2 here.
Start by creating a border around the edge of the cookie. Now fill it completely with the same colour. Using a skewer remove any air bubbles.Tap the cookie gently to spread and smoothen the icing on top.
Lay the cookies on top of a baking tray lined with parchment paper and allow it to dry overnight uncovered. I simply place the tray in my oven and leave it overnight there. Just make sure the oven is switched off.
Next day once the icing is dried out completely make any designs of choice. I stuck to mehendi theme and made mehendi designs using a complimentary colour to that of the base colour.
Please note the thinner the flow of the icing the better the design turns out to be. If you like to use a nozzle here then Wilton Nozzle Number 1 works well for the decorations.
Or place a stencil on top of the cookie. Hold it tight and dust the top with gold lustre dust using a painting brush. Gently remove the stencil to reveal the design underneath.
Before filling the piping bag for flooding the cookie ensure that it passes the 15 second Consistency Test.
While flooding the cookie do not be tempted to make a bigger cut on the piping bag. That way you would have a thick layer of frosting on top of the cookie making it unpleasant to eat.
I believe the thinner the flow of icing the thinner your piping designs on the cookie will be which makes it look pretty.
In place of mehendi designs you can consider making rangoli designs to make Rangoli Cookies instead of Mehendi Cookies.
Doing a uniform design on the cookies makes it look neat and tidy.
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