Dimension........I love it as much as texture on cookies.
I wanted to make "puffy" hearts.
I tried to make several layers with icing.....and it didn't work so well.
So it was time to stack some cookies.
Everyone has heart cutters.
Crazie people like me have a MANY MANY heart cutters. haha
Try to find three similar shaped hearts in three different sizes.
(Notice I found three SETS of three heart cutters......
ummm, please ignore the fact that this is not my complete set of heart cutters. ;))
I rolled out the base cookie of each stack like normal......3/8" thick.
But for the two upper layers of each stack of cookies......
I rolled the dough out thinner so that the final outcome wouldn't be too thick.
I'm not sure I achieved my goal......since the cookies were STILL way too big.
I have a hard time rolling out dough very thin, but at least the cookies weren't 2" thick! haha
"Glue" the three cookies together with glaze.
Outline the bottom cookie with a #3 or #4 round tip
and allow it to dry for 15+ min to make sure it becomes a sturdy wall.
(In the photo below, I outlined the upper two cookies too......but since I toppled over those outlines
when I flooded the layer over the sides.....it is not necessary.)
For flooding, start with the top cookie.
Flood the surface and then carefully flood the edges so that the glaze flows over the sides.
Do the same with the middle cookie, make sure there's glaze all the way to the corners.
When you are flooding the bottom cookie, be careful to only add "just enough" glaze.
With all the overflow from the upper cookies......it's easy to get too much glaze
on the bottom one and cause overflow where you DON'T want it to go over the sides. :)
Allow the base coat to dry really well before adding any details.
There is a myriad of things you can do to embellish the hearts.
I'll leave that part up to you.....but I've given a few ideas on these three layered hearts.
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Valentines 2014 Cookie Collection