Western Cookies

I'm getting together with some friends tonight to work on our scrapbooks.  The theme for the evening is "western" so I decided to make some cookies to go with the theme.  Yee-haw!

Usually I just make a bunch of one design of cookie, but I wanted to try making a variety of designs that fit the theme.  The only western-ish cookie cutters I owned were the cactus and the star.  I had to draw the horseshoe and the boot onto circle and scalloped square cookies.

When making a variety of designs, it helps to limit your colors. This saves on cleanup later and helps the cookies look coordinated when displayed together.  You also have to have a plan so you know about how much icing to make in each color.

Here are the steps I went through to make these:

1. Black outline icing with #3 tip: Outline stars, cactus, and circles. Draw horseshoe and boot outline.     2.  Grey & black flood icing in squeeze bottles: Flood stars.  Flood horseshoes and, while grey icing is still wet, add drops of black flood icing.      3. White outline icing with #1 tip: Outline scalloped squares.     4.  White flood icing in squeeze bottle: Flood scalloped squares and circles.     5. Green and black flood icing in squeeze bottles: Flood cactus.  While green icing is still wet, add drops of black flood icing.     6.  Red flood icing in squeeze bottle:  Flood boots.      7.  Dry overnight.     8.  Black outline icing with #1 tip:  Add SHERIFF letters and details on boots.