Margarita Cookies {Decorating How-To}

Last week I went out to Mexican food with a great group of girlfriends.  We were having a farewell dinner for one of the ladies in the group, who will be moving to Germany this month.  This may be the last time she enjoys Mexican food for a while!  I wanted to make some special cookies, and Margarita's seemed the perfect choice.  I baked up a batch of my Sugar Cookies, but wanted to add some lime flavor, so when I made the royal icing (Recipe and instructions HERE), I replaced some of the water with lime juice (I used the kind from the little lime shaped bottle- I'm sure fresh would be even better).  The result was delicious!  I was flattered that many of the ladies opened up and enjoyed their cookies right after dinner (I often have to twist peoples arms to make them eat my cookies... they say they're too pretty to eat, but at some point I'm going to get a complex!).  I love to see people enjoy my cookies! 

Want to make some Margarita and Lime shaped cookies? 

~ How to make Margarita shaped Cookies ~

1.  Outline the cookie with white thick consistency icing (think traditional toothpaste consistency), using a #2 tip.

2.  Fill in the stem of the glass with white flood consistency (about the consistency of corn syrup, or shampoo), using a #2 tip.  Fill the top portion of the glass with "Margarita", using flood consistency light green icing.  Set cookie aside and allow to dry fully (6-8 hours, or overnight).

3.  When the base icing is fully dry, add a line of thick consistency white icing around the rim of the glass (as shown above), and then immediately sprinkle with white sanding sugar.  Shake off excess sugar, then allow cookie to dry (about 2 hours) before packaging. 

~ How to make Lime shaped cookies ~

(also could be adjusted for lemon or orange slice cookies)

1.  Outline the cookie in a green moderate consistency icing (somewhere between thick and thinned).

2.  Fill in cookie with light green flood consistency icing. 

3.  Immediately dd white lines with a medium/flood consistency icing. 

4. Add green dots for seeds, and drag a toothpick from the middle of the dot toward the center of the "fruit" just a bit to create a seed shape.   

My friend Callye, of Sweet Sugar Belle has a great video tuturial for making citrus slice cookies just like these, check it out HERE. 

I packed the cookies as special favors for each guest at dinner.  I've posted directions on packaging cookies as shown above HERE.