Did you know you can pick up wafer paper printed with edible ink in a variety of images? I picked out some cute bunnies to try and I couldn’t resist the vintage Easter images so I purchased some of those, too!
I’m definitely less experienced in the cookie-making arena and this was a good beginner project. The girls and I mixed up a batch of sugar cookie dough and we each set to work with our own rolling pins. They made bunnies and chicks and huge Easter eggs. I was boring with my ovals. I probably need a better oval cutter since I just squished one of my round fluted cutters into a not-so-perfect oval. After baking up the cookies, I frosted them with a flood of royal icing (more not-so-perfect ovals) and left them to dry overnight. The next day, I handed out piping bags of colored icing to the kids and while they went wild, I set to work with the wafer paper.
Application was simple. Cut out the design, brush corn syrup on the back of the image, and smooth onto the cookie. Set the cookies face down for 15 minutes and then turn them up to dry for a while longer.
Then, you can put a beaded border around the perimeter of the image if you want.
So, the critic in me wishes that I’d used a better cookie cutter and that my hand would somehow become steadier with the piping. But, really, when the whole plate of cookies is set out together, you rarely notice the individual imperfections. Definitely a fun activity with pretty results and something that I could do side by side with my little helpers. Double bonus points!!
I purchased my wafer paper at Fancy Flours.
Creations By Cindy says
WOW! Girl, you have outdone yourself! I love this! Hugs and blessings, Cindy
Erin says
These are so cute, I have to remember them for next Easter!
Joanna says
So good they don’t look home made…
The Davis Family says
So cute! I am going to have to give the wafer paper a try!!
JB says
Wow how beautiful! I’ll have to try for next Easter. What a great idea. I just finished molding all my chocolates for Easter. They turned out great. Happy Easter!
Georgia_Peachy says
So pretty! I’m a avid royal icing sugar cookie girl but am always scared of trying the wafer paper. Good to see that you had success! If you do it again you can get a bit of a smoother icing if you beat it a little less. It gets pitted like that if you overbeat.
toots2u says
these cookies are perfectly beautiful…i love the vintage Easter images! I will have to give this a try too. Happy Easter!!
Leah Roy says
I adore the vintage bunnies – those cookies looks beautiful and tasty too! Have a blessed Easter!
notes of sincerity says
oh how pretty.
Joanna says
Oh my gosh 🙁 just went onto fancy flours and shipping to the uk is $40!!!! for two sheets of wafer paper! I’m not impressed… And I’m sad
Simple Simon & Co says
These are lovely!
Simple Simon & Co says
These are lovely!
Simple Simon & Co says
These are lovely!
Jessie says
Too pretty to eat!
Four Little Munchkins says
These are beautiful! I promised myself this Easter I would find a way to use vintage Easter images somewhere… and I didn’t. But this gives me inspiration for next year.
I think the minor imperfections make it look authentically old. Love them.