Valentine Cookies - Royal Icing Tutorial

A tray of Valentine themed Cookies: a lacey scalloped heart, "Valentine", and a gumball machine with small hearts, as well and mini X's and O's

Valentine’s Presale reveal #5!! As I look at this fun Valentine Cookies set to pick a favorite – I just cannot choose!! I love the combination of big cookies with the mini’s.

This cookie set will be available for presale January 25 through February 3 (unless sold out sooner) and ready for pick up February 12th. It will include 6 full sized cookies and 6 minis.

Want early access to the presale? Make sure to join my e-mail list!

Supplies

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Gumball Cookie Cutter

Scalloped Heart Cookie Cutter

Valentine Cookie Cutter, there is also a “Galentine” version.

X and O Mini Cutters

Fan or Dehydrator

Heart Transfer Download

Cellophane Bag

Projector

Cookies, Icing, and general cookie decorating supplies – more information can be found here.

Icing Colors

These formulas are made with Chefmaster Gel Food Coloring in 283g of icing. Please adjust accordingly.

Red [outline] – 4 drops Liquid Whitener, 10 drops Super Red

White [outline]- 10 drops Liquid Whitener

Dark Pink [flood and outline] – 6 drops Liquid Whitener, 3 drops Super Red, 1 drop Rose, 1 drop Coal Black

Lavender [flood and outline] – 8 drops Liquid Whitener, 1 drop Sky Blue, 1 drop Rose, 1 drop Coal Black

Ivory [outline]- 4 drops Liquid Whitener, 6 drops Ivory, 2 drops Sienna

Light Pink: 9 drops Liquid Whitener, 1 drop Super Red, 1 drop Rose, 1 drop Coal Black [Outline and Flood Consistency]

Instructions

Gumball

Start by creating the heart icing transfer.

Print off the Heart Transfer pdf from the supply list.

Cover the transfer sheet with a cellophane bag and follow the outline to create multiple hearts in a variety of colors with outline consistency icing.

Let icing transfer air dry for many hours until completely dry. If they do not come off the cellophane bag easily give them more time to dry.

Small hearts made with icing made with a heart transfer sheets and cellophane bag.

With lavender colored icing outline the base and top of the gumball machine. Because the top is such a small space use outline consistency to fill it in. Use a cookie scribe if needed to help the icing settle.

A gumball machine cookie with top and base outlined in lavender colored icing.

Fill in the base with lavender flood consistency.

A gumball machine cookie with top and base covered in lavender colored icing.

Let icing sit in front of a fan or in a food dehydrator, with the door open at the lowest setting, for 7 minutes – or long enough for a thin crust to form on the icing.

Use Ivory colored icing to outline the inner circle of the gumball machine.

A gumball machine cookie with top and base covered in lavender colored icing and ball outline in ivory colored icing.

Fill in circle with ivory flood icing.

A gumball machine cookie with top and base covered in lavender colored icing and ball flooded in ivory colored icing.

Let icing sit in front of a fan or in a food dehydrator, with the door open at the lowest setting, for 7 minutes – or long enough for a thin crust to form on the icing.

Use lavender outline consistency icing to create the base and opening of the gumball machine, as well as, not picture, a small filled in circle on the tippity top [as seen in next photo].

With ivory outline consistency pipe on the spinner.

A lavender and ivory colored gumball machine cookie

Decide where to put the heart transfers.

A lavender and ivory colored gumball machine cookie filled with small hearts in a variety of colors next to some heart icing transfers.

Pipe a small amount of icing onto the back of the heart transfer and gently place onto the cookie at previously decided spot.

A lavender and ivory colored gumball machine cookie filled with small hearts in a variety of colors next to some heart icing transfer - one turned over with a dot of icing on the back.

Gumball done.

Valentine

Outline “Valentine” cookie with ivory icing.

A cookie outlined in ivory colored icing.

Fill in the cookie with ivory flood consistency icing.

A cookie covered in ivory colored icing.

Let icing sit in front of a fan or in a food dehydrator, with the door open at the lowest setting, for 7 minutes – or long enough for a thin crust to form on the icing.

Place cookie under projector.

I saved the photo from the shop’s listing and put it into Canva in order to adjust the size of the photo for the cookie.

A cookie with the word "Valentine" projected onto it.

With outline consistency outline and fill in the valentine cookie design.

A cookie with the word "Valentine" projected onto it - the word covered in a variety of different icing colors.

A cookie with the word "Valentine" on it.

Valentine cookie done.

"Valentine" cookie on a tray of other valentine themed cookies.

Heart

These lacey scalloped hearts have a special place in my heart. I love getting to add them into my cookie sets.

Start by adding some outline consistency icing to a few of the scallops.

A scalloped heart shaped cookie with white icing outline on six of the scallops.

Use a food safe brush to gently pull some of the icing toward the center of the cookie to create the lacey effect.

A scalloped heart shaped cookie with white icing outline on six of the scallops. The cookie is next to a food safe brush which was used to spread the icing towards the center of the cookie.

Continue the process around the whole cookie.

A scalloped heart shaped cookie with white icing outline on some of the scallops. Some of the icing is spread towards the center of the cookie.

A scalloped heart shaped cookie with white icing outline on half of the scallops. The icing is spread towards the center of the cookie.

A scalloped heart shaped cookie with white icing outlined on the scallops. Some of the icing is spread towards the center of the cookie.

A scalloped heart shaped cookie with white icing outlining the scallops. The icing is spread towards the center of the cookie.

Create a heart shape with red outline icing.

A scalloped heart shaped cookie with white icing outlining the scallops. The icing is spread towards the center of the cookie. A red heart is outlined in the center.

Fill in the heart with red flood icing.

A scalloped heart shaped cookie with white icing outlining the scallops. The icing is spread towards the center of the cookie.
There is a red heart in the center.

Heart done.

A red and white lacey heart on a tray next to other Valentine Day Cookies

Minis

Outline cookies with outline consistency. I used light pink for the O and dark pink for the X.

An "O" cookie with small heart cut from the center. The cookie is outlined in light pink icing.

An "X" cookie outlined in dark pink icing.

Use outline consistency icing to create squiggles throughout the mini designs – this will help prevent your icing to crater.

An "O" cookie with small heart cut from the center. The cookie is outlined in light pink icing. There are squiggles in center of te cookie.

Fill in the rest of the cookie with flood consistency icing.

An "O" cookie with small heart cut from the center. The cookie is covered in light pink icing.

Let icing sit in front of a fan or in a food dehydrator, with the door open at the lowest setting, for 7 minutes – or long enough for a thin crust to form on the icing.

Use lavender outline icing to make small dots on the outsides of the mini cookies.

An "O'' and "X" cookie covered in different shades of pink icing with lavender dots around their sides.

Minis done.

An "O'' and "X" cookie covered in different shades of pink icing with lavender dots around their sides on a tray of other Valentines themed cookies.

Time to Dry

The icing needs about 24 hours in front of a fan to dry.

It’s important for the icing to fully dry before attempting to package them up or stack them on top of one another. If packaged too soon the icing will smudge and stick to the bag.