Snow Globes sugar cookies

                                     How cute are these!!!!        3-D snow globe sugar cookies.

I baked the ball part of the cookies on the back of the half ball pan and allowed them to cool completely.  I then cut a baked the front face of the ball and the bottom plaque (which allows the cookie to stand).

Next I painted the inside of the ball with thin cookie frosting and applied dried-out sugarveil for the snow.  When the cookie frosting crusted over I added the figures inside (Wilton)  I then allowed this to dry completely while I covered all the other cookie parts in the thin cookie frosting.

As the cookies were drying, I cut snow flakes using a punch and frosting paper.  I then applied gum glue to the snow flake and edible glitter.  When all parts were dry, I assembled the cookies and trimmed them with royal frosting and dragees.

They were sealed in shrink wrap and taken to our grandchildren for Christmas in Tennessee.

Christmas Wreath sugar cookie

Christmas 2012 was so much fun!!!   

I have collected cookie cutters for more than 20 years, and as I did not have any cake orders, I spent the free time making very detailed sugar cookies. 

I saw this wreath idea more than a year ago while looking at cookie cutter websites.  It consists of one large circle cookie (used to stabilize the entire design)  Then the holly leaves are cut in three different sizes and the bow is a tear drop cutter and a swag cutter (two of each.)

All the cookies are baked and cooled.  Using a thin green cookie frosting, the circle and leaves are all frosted and allowed to air dry for several hours.  I then hand pipped the outline of each leaf in a slightly lighter color for contrast. 

The bow was frosted in white and then I applied frosting paper which was printed in a plaid design (I scanned a piece of scrap-booking paper for this.) I then trimmed out the bow in white royal frosting.  While all of these were drying, I cut out two size circles of red fondant to represent the holly berries and one large circle for the center knot of the bow.

To finish the wreath I assembled all the leaves (approximately 3 dozen) with royal frosting onto the large circle cookie.  The berries and silver dragees are the final touch.