Seriously, I can almost feel a heart-animal cookie obsession starting to take hold, but I'm trying to push it down...I have too many other Valentine cookies I want to get to first. Plus, heart animals are really appropriate at any time of year. Right?
These little foxes are super simple to make and will be the perfect valentine treat for your favorite stone cold fox or foxy lady.
To make fox face valentine cookies, you'll need:
- cut-out cookies, heart-shaped
- royal icing, tinted with AmeriColor Orange mixed with Red Red, Bright White and Super Black
- coupler and icing tips: #1, 2, & 3
- squeeze bottles
- disposable icing bags
- toothpicks
Use a #2 tip to outline the hearts with black icing. (I used a #3 tip to outline the cookies with the "foxy" wording.")
Thin the orange icing with water, a bit at a time, stirring with a silicone spatula, until it is the consistency of a thick syrup. You'll want to drop a "ribbon" of icing back into the bowl and have it disappear in a count of "one thousand one, one thousand two." Four is too thick, one is too thin. Count of 2-3 is good. Cover with a damp dishcloth and let sit for several minutes.
Stir the icing gently with a spatula, then pour into a squeeze bottle. Flood the cookies with the thinned icing, using a toothpick to guide to the edges and pop any large air bubbles. Let the cookies sit for at least one hour.
Use a #2 tip to outline a white heart on top of the orange icing. Reserve a bit of the piping consistency white icing. Thin the remaining white icing as above. Flood the white outline.
Let the cookies sit for at least one hour.
With a #1 tip, add the ears in white. Use a #3 tip to add the nose in black, then switch the tip to a #1 and add the eyes.
Let the icing dry uncovered for 6-8 hours or overnight.
I like the skunks and foxes together, too. It's like a forest of love. Or, something like that.
If you have any heart animal cookies ideas, leave them in the comments!
Stir the icing gently with a spatula, then pour into a squeeze bottle. Flood the cookies with the thinned icing, using a toothpick to guide to the edges and pop any large air bubbles. Let the cookies sit for at least one hour.
Use a #2 tip to outline a white heart on top of the orange icing. Reserve a bit of the piping consistency white icing. Thin the remaining white icing as above. Flood the white outline.
Let the cookies sit for at least one hour.
With a #1 tip, add the ears in white. Use a #3 tip to add the nose in black, then switch the tip to a #1 and add the eyes.
Let the icing dry uncovered for 6-8 hours or overnight.
I like the skunks and foxes together, too. It's like a forest of love. Or, something like that.
If you have any heart animal cookies ideas, leave them in the comments!
Go forth and be FOXY!
♥