Preparing the Dough
Making these grim reaper cookies requires one easy alteration. After cutting out the girl gnome shape in the dough, simply trim off the hat at an angle with a knife like shown below. Bake and you are ready to decorate.
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Begin by sketching out the shape of the hood with a food coloring marker.
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With black flood icing and a food-only paintbrush, paint the inner area of the hood. Try not to get black icing on the outside of the outer line. Let the icing dry.
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With purple (or which ever color you choose for the cloak) piping icing, pipe over the hood outline, the teardrop-shaped hood opening, and around the lower edges of the cookie. Fill the middle with flood icing. Leave the icing to dry and crust over. (About 1 to 2 hours.)
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Once the base layer is dry, add the two arm sleeves. I like to pipe the circle openings first, then connect the circles to the middle shoulder bump of the cookie. Fill the middle area with flood icing.
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With white piping icing, pipe a keyhole-shaped skull with two eye openings then flood the middle area. Using a #1 icing tip, add skeleton hand details by piping tiny dots and dashes. Leave this to dry completely. (6 hours or overnight.)
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Once the cookie is completely dry, add the fine details with a food marker. I added the nostril skull holes, teeth, and fold accents on the cloak using a Rainbow Dust food pen.
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