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All you need is 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup salt, 1/2 cup water.... this makes approx 12 cookies depending on the size of cutter.
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Mix with your hands well.
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Dough should look like this, flour your counter space and roll out to about 1/8" thick. Dough should look like this, flour your counter space and roll out to about 1/8" thick.
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Get out your cookie cutters and let's have some fun. Once cut, place on ungreased cookie sheet.
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Before backing, using a skewer, straw or chop stick, place a hole at the top of ornament to run twine through. Make sure not go put the hole too close to the edge of cookie.
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All ready to bake. Place in 250 degree oven for 4 hours or the lowest setting your oven will go.
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To prep your cookies, give your cookies a coat of white acrylic paint or gesso.
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You can use any of the following to achieve the look I got, I used all of these and more. AA's Mud provides a thick frosting look which is really neat also.
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Taking your Minx Shimmering Inks, place drops in your medium.
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You will paint on your Minx colored medium and then immediately apply your glitters. Allow to dry.
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This is Minx-Enchanting added to Cotton Candy Dimension Velvet paint for a fun frosting look.
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Sprinkled with tinsel glitter really makes it pop.
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Add seed beads to look like candy sprinkles.
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Here are some that are sitting waiting to dry.
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Now lets add a bit more fun to our cookies. I used Snow-Tex to give a snow effect to my trees. For the finishing touch I used bakers twine to hang the ornaments on the tree.
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The Snow-Tex gives that fun snowy look to your cookies.
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I used a tiny brush and Sorbet-Black Leather for details on my little bears.
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To make the pearl effect I gobbed on Velvet - Cotton and allowed to dry in peaks.
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And there you go, the children can get wild with these cookies, super easy and inexpensive.
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Hope this has inspired you to get creative with your crafts in the kitchen.
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The best part about these cookies is they don't cause you to gain weight.... lol because their not edible.
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Warm wishes for a wonderful Christmas season.
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