JuliaMUsher's video: Spring Botanical Series: Snowdrop Cookie

Spring is beginning to emerge here, but I’m eager to hasten it along, so I’m launching a mini spring botanical series! In it, I’ll be recreating some of my favorite flowers using royal icing transfers and, at times, molded cookies. I’ve also recently become enamored with contoured royal icing transfers, so you’ll see me throughout this video trying to coerce ordinarily intractable royal icing into all sorts of curvy shapes, such as flower petals, leaves, and stems. We all need a healthy challenge every now and then, right?! I hope to continue this series through the summer, but, before I get too far ahead of myself, let’s dive into these snowdrop cookies! As one of the first harbingers of spring, they’re a natural fit for this series kickoff! RELATED VIDEOS: How to Make Royal Icing (with Consistency Adjustments): https://tinyurl.com/nx7xhmq How to Rubber-Stamp Cookies: https://youtu.be/F45Y655O0is MY MOST COMMONLY USED TOOLS: Many are here in my new Amazon store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/juliamusher OTHER SPECIALTY TOOLS: My Stencil of the Month Club: https://tinyurl.com/y23whksb My Entire Stencil Line (which is continually expanding): https://confectioncouturestencils.com/collections/julia-usher-cookie-stencils RELATED RECIPES: Gingerbread Cookie: https://tinyurl.com/z4d82rb Royal Icing: https://tinyurl.com/zx7a9jk COOKIE/ROYAL ICING TRANSFER SHAPES AND SIZES: Torn cookie background: 3-3 ½” W x 4-5” L Bulb: 7/8” W x 1” L, shaped in 1/2-teaspoon measure (7/8” wide at opening) Outer petals: 1/4” W x 3/4” L, shaped over 1 3/16” to 1 1/4”-diameter tube Inner petals: 1/4” W x 3/8” L, shaped over 1 5/8”-diameter tube Leaves: 1/4-5/16” W x 2 1/2-3 ¾” L Stems: 4-5” L, piped with round tip with Wilton tip for the small leaf extension at the top (Note: The “stem-let” at the top of the floret is piped with a round tip.) PETAL AND LEAF TEMPLATES: https://tinyurl.com/y65dmb6h AIRBRUSH COLORINGS USED: Chefmaster Harvest Brown and Spectrum Flow Sky Blue for cookie edges; AmeriMist Electric Green for inner petal edges; AmeriMist Electric Green and a hint of Chefmaster Harvest Brown for all leaves and stems; Chefmaster Harvest Brown for bulbs ROYAL ICING COLORINGS* AND CONSISTENCIES: Ivory (Chefmaster): Dipping consistency for bulbs White: Thick flooding consistency for petals and thick “glue” consistency for assembly Medium Avocado (AmeriColor): Thick flooding consistency for petal edge; thick piping consistency for stem-lets and stems Light Avocado (AmeriColor): Thick flooding consistency for leaves *I use liqua-gel concentrated colorings to tint royal icing. TO PURCHASE MY STENCILS: https://confectioncouturestencils.com TO JOIN MY STENCIL OF THE MONTH CLUB: https://tinyurl.com/y23whksb TO PURCHASE MY 4-HOUR VIDEO COOKIE DECORATING COURSE, MY BOOKS, OR APP: http://www.juliausher.com/store TO JOIN COOKIE CONNECTION, MY ONLINE COOKIE DECORATING COMMUNITY: http://cookieconnection.juliausher.com/home TO HANG OUT WITH ME ON THE WEB: My site/blog: http://www.juliausher.com Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/j6nm6te Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliamusher/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JuliaMUsher Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/juliamusher/ CREDITS: Music by: Kevin MacLeod, http://www.incompetech.com Videography/Editing by: Two5:7North (https://www.two57north.com), Grant and Ashleigh Murphy