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Ingredients and Equipment

Sugar Cookies
Royal Icing, tinted as desired with food coloring
Printable cookie-cutter templates
Plastic squeeze bottles, with wide and fine tips
Toothpicks
Fine sanding sugar
White nonpareils
Gingerbread man candies
Snowflake cookie decorations
Candy heart decorations
Spatula
Craft tweezers

Current as of 10-27-2009

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Introduction

This how-to shows the basic techniques for making almost any design. Modify the steps as desired for your own creations.
Once you've mastered this technique, learn how to make the Marbleized Peppermint-Candy Cookies also shown here.

Next: Outline Base
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Step 1

Outline Base

Using red icing in a squeeze bottle with a wide tip, outline the snow globe's base.

Next: Flood the Base
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Step 2

Flood the Base

"Flood" the inside of the base by making a zigzag of icing.

Next: Fill Space
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Step 3

Fill Space

Use a toothpick to spread the icing evenly to fill the space.

Next: Decorate with Sugar
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Step 4

Decorate with Sugar

Pour fine sanding sugar over the icing, and let dry for 10 minutes.

Next: Shake Off
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Step 5

Shake Off

Shake off excess sugar.

Next: Make Sky
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Step 6

Make Sky

Outline and flood the sky area with blue icing, forming the hill shape. Use an icing spatula to spread the icing, filling in the space.

Next: Add Gingerbread Men
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Step 7

Add Gingerbread Men

While blue icing is wet, use craft tweezers to place two candy gingerbread men so they're standing on the hill.

Next: Decorate
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Step 8

Decorate

Add a candy heart and snowflakes.

Next: Decorate Sky with Sugar
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Step 9

Decorate Sky with Sugar

Immediately pour coarse sanding sugar over the blue sky area (avoid the red base, which will still be wet). Let set for 10 minutes.

Next: Shake Off Excess Sugar
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Step 10

Shake Off Excess Sugar

Gently shake off the excess sugar. Hold the red base to the side to keep the sugar from falling on it.

Next: Outline and Flood Hill
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Step 11

Outline and Flood Hill

Using a squeeze bottle with a thin tip, outline the hill with white frosting. Flood the inside of the hill, and use a toothpick to spread the icing evenly to fill the space.

Next: Decorate with Nonpareils
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Step 12

Decorate with Nonpareils

Sprinkle white nonpareils over the white icing, avoiding the red base and blue sky. Let set for 10 minutes.

Next: Finish Cookie
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Step 13

Finish Cookie

Gently shake off excess, holding the cookie sideways to prevent nonpareils from falling onto the other icing colors. Let dry completely, 8 hours or overnight.

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Ingredients and Equipment

Outline Base

Flood the Base

Fill Space

Decorate with Sugar

Shake Off

Make Sky

Add Gingerbread Men

Decorate

Decorate Sky with Sugar

Shake Off Excess Sugar

Outline and Flood Hill

Decorate with Nonpareils

Finish Cookie

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