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4th Of July Cookies: kaboom! Get an explosion of clever possibilities plus video
4th of July cookies.
Light the fuse. Here we go.
What this page is about (naturally)...
red, white, and blue Independence Day cookie theme-easy cookie platter, video above
-how to make deep blue and perfect red royal icing or glaze
-turning plaque cutters into 4th of July cookies
-cookie cutter flips into 4th of July sugar cookies
Cause a bang with Uncle Sam's deep blue and red royal icing
Here it is. How to make Uncle Sam's beautiful deep blue and perfect red royal icing, or glaze...those sought-after colors!
No, I mean beautiful blue, like in this video
...and deep red.
I made another video around Valentine's Day for achieving that perfect red color. Since it's not that holiday, I decided to make another one for this page. Here's that video...
Did you tap above for my Superior Royal Icing and glaze recipes? No worries, here they are again: Superior Royal Icing and Glaze Recipe. Free downloads!
Cause an explosion of flavor with my sugar cookie recipe that tops any I've ever tasted (my customers agree). Get that free recipe here: Best Sugar Cookies.
If you really want to make the perfect 4th of July cookies, it starts with these invaluable pages that are a must:
-best baking sheets (you may be surprised)
-how to bake sugar cookies (you may think this is a no-brainer, but believe me, you'll appreciate it)
-flooding sugar cookies with royal icing or glaze
-how to make professional cookies (1 of 3 of my most popular pages on Google)
4th of July cookies. Easy and fast-decorating platter for an explosion of compliments
This cookie-cutter platter set was purchased through Semi-Sweet Designs. I do like Mike's cutters. You can tell he strives for perfection.
My above video showcases this platter of sugar cookies. I decorated them using my airbrush to make it POP!
If you are undecided if you need an airbrush, or just have many questions, I answer them on this page. You will see which one I use most every day and love. It also has a Yankee-doodle of a price, yay! Tap for this page: Airbrushing Cookies or go straight to Amazon
- Professional-grade: Kit features the PZ-260, PZ-258 and PZ-276 airbrushes for cakes; a premium-quality set ideally suited for creating a variety of spray patterns, from fine detail to wider coverage. Kit also comes with an Elite-125X compressor that delivers excellent power (1/5 HP) with very little noise (55 dB).
- tap to read the details and what comes with the set!
I would have just airbrushed the stars with the stencil, but I wanted to use my newer white food color markers with these. I like the way they turned out!
To make the stars on the blue cookies, you can do one of several ways:
-airbrushing
-silk screen cookie decorating (see more on that here)
-drawing them on with royal icing using a cookie projector (this is the one I love and use almost daily for over 4 years now. Lots of questions answered on it too, tap here: Projector for Cookies)
-drawing them on using a white food coloring pen
For the ease and quickness of this platter, I opted to use the white edible marker with a star stencil and just colored in the stars with it. No fuss, no muss, no cleanup. Yes!
I like and enjoy using these white edible markers I purchased through Amazon. I feel they are well worth it, being a 3-pack especially. I also appreciate the brush tip.
The upper right of the package gives the expiration date
They have a wonderful brush tip!
This is how they come in a 3 pack.
- New Thick Tip for Smooth Writing.
- New Ink Recipe for Perfect Fluency.
- 3 White Marker Set
- Food Grade Edible Ink! Tasteless! Non-toxic! Vegan & Gluten Free
- Edible Markers can be used on most smooth dry surfaces. Including Fondant, Cookies, Frostings, Dried Royal Icing, Marshmallows, Donuts, Pastries and more. (Not suitable for wax surface)
These are perfect for chalkboard cookies. The white color is long lasting too. These graduation sugar cookies were over 2 days old and still looked great with the edible white pen...
Graduation hat using a white food color marker for 'Congrats'If you would like to learn how to make your own stencils using a Cricut or other cutting machine, I teach you how to do that in a step-by-step video tutorial on Silk Silk Cookies Stencils. You'll be making your own faster than a skyrocket.
Tap this image for the tutorial:
Here are a bunch more decorating ideas, tap the image below:
Using plaque cutters for 4th of July cookies
Even if you don't have those cute and unique cookie cutters, you can always use plaque cutters in any shape.
Here are some ideas to get you started...
-PYO cookies (make your own PYO cookie palettes. What is the best method? I size them up with a video comparison, new ways, and individual, unedited pictures. Tap this link: PYO Cookie Palettes)
-airbrushing images (like firecrackers) with stencils
-water-coloring images
-easily using a cookie projector to trace images
-edible images (can't get easier than this). Even if you do not own an edible image copier, you can still use the sugar sheets. Draw or trace your images on it, then apply them to the dried, flooded sugar cookies. This way, if you happened to make a mistake, you don't ruin the cookie!
Do you want one yet a little nervous to make that decision? I answer loads of questions you need to see. Also, I cover what I feel is the best decision between brands. Check that page out here: Edible Cookie Images.
-royal icing transfers-flood the cookie, let the icing dry, then 'pop' those babies on. Super easy. My sister page to this one is Royal Icing Transfer Sheets, for more details.
After you get your decorated 4th of July cookies done, you may want to look into some no-bake 4th of July desserts. You can find 45 delicious recipes here: Balancing Motherhood
4th of July cookies can be extra fun to make, especially with kids, making it a great family time.
Remember, you can always make the uniced sugar cookies up months ahead of time to save time when you are so busy planning for the 4th activities.
Top of 4th of July Cookies
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