For the double-decker rainbow shamrock cookies, you will need:
- cookies...rectangle and shamrock
- royal icing, divided and tinted with AmeriColor leaf green, bright white, super red, orange, egg yellow, sky blue and regal purple
- disposable icing bags
- couplers and tips (#2)
- squeeze bottles
- meringue powder
- small paintbrush
- white sanding sugar
Go ahead and save some of this piping consistency green or white icing....it doesn't matter which one. You won't need it until the next day; this will be your "glue" to attach the cookies together. You can just plop the icing bag right in your fridge.
Thin all of the icings (except white) with water, a little at a time, stirring gently with a rubber spatula, until it is the consistency of a thick syrup. (Here is a video I made a few years ago showing how I do it.) Cover with a damp dish towel and let sit for several minutes.
Stir gently with a rubber spatula to pop any air bubbles that might have formed. Pour into squeeze bottles as needed.
Fill in the rainbow with the other colors....remember Roy G. Biv? Follow that, but I just skipped green since we have the shamrock, and indigo, because, well, I just did.
TIP: Small spaces, such as the individual rainbow colors have a tendency to cave in, or crater, while drying. After talking with fellow cookiers, we've decided it's trapped air bubbles that don't have anywhere to go. So, to help avoid this...
- ...don't overfill the area. Use just as much icing as you need to cover the area well, but you don't want a mound of icing.
- ...run a toothpick all the way through the icing (I use an 8-pattern), even if your icing has already spread across the area to me filled.
The next day, take the reserved icing out of the fridge to warm up a bit.
Combine 1/4 teaspoon water with 1/4 teaspoon of meringue powder. Brush with mixture onto the shamrock cookies with a small paintbrush. Sprinkle on the sanding sugar and shake off the excess.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!
May your troubles be less,
And your blessings be more
And nothing but happiness,
Come through your door
Those are so cute! I love the rainbow on the bottom cookie!
ReplyDeleteI love these!!
ReplyDeleteLove these. Thanks for giving us all the tips and the tutorial.
ReplyDeleteAnd for telling us the color names you used.
DeleteAdorable! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAww, they're so cute. They really make me happy just looking at them.
ReplyDeleteAnd happy St. Patrick's Day to you! Today I tried explaining St. Patrick's Day to one of my students (I live in Germany) and he was bewildered. Had never heard of it. He had also never heard of a brownie and could not understand the concept. I miss the US. :(
These are so cute, love them!
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute!! I love the double decker cookies! You get to eat two cookies and just count it as one... sounds good to me! =)
ReplyDeleteDouble decker cookies are so great!! Perfect for sharing with a friend!
ReplyDeleteI love that you outlined in white. The idea of a rainbow cookie stresses me out because I need to outline, but didn't know what color to use. And I use a different medium for my outline and flooding, so that's possibly 12 different color mixings happening. From now on I will just remember white! Thanks Bridget!!
ReplyDeleteyou are amazing.
ReplyDeletehow in the world do you stay so little???
happy weekend.
xoxo
kellie
little....HAHA! That is the biggest laugh I've had all day, Kellie! ;) Thank you!
DeleteThese are so freaking pretty!! Love it!
ReplyDeleteHi Bridget,
ReplyDeleteThese cookies are simply beautiful!! You are so creative and I so admire your ability to pipe all those straight lines! Happy St. Patty's Day x
You know you've lived in the SF Bay Area awhile when you see a rainbow cookie and it takes you a minute to wonder why you're pairing it with a shamrock! LOL
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!! Love them through and through!
ReplyDeleteFor your first rainbow cookie, you've created a doozy! Your double decker cookies are amazing!
ReplyDeleteHappy St. Patrick's Day! I love the rainbow behind the shamrock.
ReplyDeletelove the double deckers!!
ReplyDeleteHappy St. Patrick's Day to you too, Bridget! Thanks too, for the tip about applying the sanding sugar to the shamrocks. It seems like the right consistency for - "sugar glue" - not too thick, not too thin....
ReplyDeleteOh wow--I am so impressed with your site!! What darling cookies for st Pattys. I love them!!
ReplyDeleteSO beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI would like to see rainbow cookies! :) love.
ReplyDeleteAmanda | http://notsocavalier.blogspot.com/
These are too cute!!
ReplyDelete-Anna
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Oh wow these are stunning! I hope you're selling these somewhere because if not you're missing out on some mucho dinero. Shoot, wrong holiday.
ReplyDeleteThese are so stinkin cute!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe this is your first rainbow, so cute.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! These are just so adorable! I love these, Bridget!
ReplyDeleteWell then, happy st.patricks day.
ReplyDeleteI SO have to stop reading, it's 3.30 a.m. in germany right now, but I so so so so so so can't. you have the most AMAZING blog, I love it. I never actually decorated a single cookie in my life (although I tried a cake once...) but I feel like I have to start RIGHT NOW and never ever stop. I'm frantically searching in my head to find an appropriate cookie-design to make back-to-university-cookies in april, any ideas?
p.s. sorry if my english is not THAT perfect but I hope you get my point
Ooo...for back-to-school cookies, you could do pencils, or notebooks, or notebook paper? :)
Deletespeaking of notebooks, I could go for kind of a herbarium theme, we'll have to make one soon. but it might be to difficult for my first try... but I think I'll practice while doing easter-theme cookies next week. can't wait to shop for food coloring, meringue powder and stuff (I don't think it's available in german grocery-shops so I have to order it online)... gosh I just LOVE your blog <3
DeleteThe are picture perfect...as in, they look like they should be in a magazine!! Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThey are SO pretty!! And I love the sanding sugar on the shamrock! Perfect detail!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous and clever!
ReplyDeleteBridget, these are so inventive. What perfect cookies for any little leprechauns.
ReplyDeleteGirly~Girl~Girl~Girl!
ReplyDeleteI too love the double~decker!
I love anything double~decker!
These are adorable!
I can only imagine how HEAVENLY it is to put your entire mouth around 2 layers of cookie and icing!
The rainbow is perfection behind that shiney~sparkly shamrock!
LOVE these!
I think your next book needs to be all DOUBLE~DECKER Bake at 350 cookies!
There's a reason I'm your agent! {...teasing....I'm not Bridget's agent} ;)
I know these things!
xoxoxo
Cookies in 3D??? Love the double decker idea! So pretty Bridget :) Happy St. Patty's Day!
ReplyDeletebtw: ditto T above!!
Very lovely! I too keep having cave-ins in narrow areas. I searched the web and it seems to be a common problem with no solution. Thanks for the suggestions, I will try this next time.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
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ReplyDeleteHa ha, Shawna, I was thinking the same thing!
ReplyDeleteThese are just adorable!! Love the sugar on the shamrock!
ReplyDelete...and may nothing but happiness come through your door too Bridget. Happy St. Patrick's Day. You certainly made a lovely cookie (s) to celebrate!
ReplyDeleteLOVE these, B!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, love these, Bridget. Happy St. Patrick's day to you and your family!
ReplyDeleteI am seeing double rainbows! Love it, those cookies are adorable.
ReplyDeleteCUTE!!!!! 2 cookies in 1 just means I only have to say I'm eating 1, but I'm actually getting 2, right? A twofer, score!
ReplyDeleteI love all the posts the St. Patrick's day posts this week. All are fantastic!
ReplyDeleteYou really did a beautiful job with these! I bet whoever had the pleasure of consuming them was very impressed by your craftswomanship ;) Hope you enjoyed your St. Paddy's!
ReplyDeleteWhat a way to celebrate St. Patty's Day! Less calories because it's only 1 cookie, right?! ;) These are really beautiful!
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cute!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh - so adorable!
ReplyDeleteThese were so festive and delicious! TY!
ReplyDeleteI love your double decker cookies! Keep 'em coming!
ReplyDeleteI just loved the pic. so I set it as my phone background.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE IT.♥♥♥♥♥♥
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I really like you post,Thanks for your sharing.
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