Cookies for a Little Girl's Baptism and Homemade Fondant Recipe

One of my favorite things I learn 

to do at Cookie Con was to decorate

the cookies with rolled fondant.

Talk about an easy way to create elegant

cookies (and the fondant keeps

the cookies moist!)

My daughter's niece was getting baptized

and we decided to make her some special

cookies for her party.

I love these darling dresses.  You could use

them for a shower, a christening, any girly

party.  They could be done in colors with

all kinds of decor for the belt.

This CTR shield which stands for

Choose The Right was covered in rolled

fondant and then the letters were piped on.

We had to include an elegant birthday

cake too.  

Fondant Covered Cookies

Textured sheets for fondant

Fondant

(Recipe for homemade follows)

Baked and cooled cookies

Piping gel or royal icing

Cornstarch

Dust the textured sheets with a little

cornstarch.

Roll out the fondant on the textured sheet.

Cut the fondant with a matching cookie

cutter, or if your cookies were like mine

and they grew a little in the oven, turn

the cookie over and lightly cut the

fondant to match the shape of the cookie.

Carefully peel the fondant off of the sheet.

You don't want the fondant to stretch.

Paint the front of the cookie with clear

piping gel or royal icing.  Place the textured

fondant onto the top of the cookie and gently

press into place.

To get the elegant sheen, spray with

Wilton Color Mist in Pearl.

(Be sure and check prices if you buy on

Amazon because some are triple.  I linked

you to a reasonably priced one.)

This one was frosted with royal icing

and then sprinkled immediately with

decorative sugar.

I did the same on the dress for the belt.

Color a little of the fondant pink

and pinch it into a long snake, then roll up

to form a rose or desired size.  Then I cut

the top off as I wanted a short rose.  Attach

with royal icing or piping gel.

Fondant Recipe

(This is so easy and tastes so much better than commercial

fondant.  You can flavor it any way you like.)

16 oz. marshmallows

2 T. water

2 lb. powdered sugar, sifted

to remove any lumps

2 tsp. almond extract or emulsion

Place the marshmallows and 2 T water

in a greased microwave safe bowl.  

Heat on high

for 30 seconds.  Remove and stir.  Repeat

until the marshmallows are all melted

and the water is blended in. 

Add the flavoring.

Add any coloring now if you want

to color the whole batch. 

Place in your greased Kitchenaid mixer

bowl or other heavy duty mixer bowl.

You will need a powerful mixer to make

this (or you can knead it by hand).

Use the bread kneading hook.   Add

in the 2 lb. of powdered sugar.  Mix on low

until completely blended.  

Knead it into a ball.

The fondant will be warm.  Let it cool

before you use it or it will stretch.

Once cool, cover or place

in a Ziploc bag to keep fresh.

It will store for weeks in a bag.

It will be hard so warm it for 

about 10 seconds in the microwave

and knead it until soft.

These textured sheets were like

the ones we got to try out at 

Cookie Con.

I got mine at Orson Gygi's in Salt

Lake, but they are the same

price on Amazon.  They come

with six different designs.  

Wilton also has great

molds for creating fondant flowers,

borders and designs.  They are

very reasonable. Search Amazon

under Wilton fondant molds.

These butterflies were made with

cutter molds.