Harry Potter - House Shield Cookies

Harry Potter House Shield Cookies

The four houses of Hogswart
Griffindor
Hufflepuff
Ravenclaw
Slytherin

Ingredients:
1 Pkg. Sugar Cookie Dough or make your own favorite sugar cookie recipe

3 Eggs
1 Box Powdered Sugar (Confectioner's Sugar -- 16 ounces)
Food coloring (preferably 'paste', not liquid)
Harry Potter Cake Pics

How To's:

Using Harry Potter Cake Pics

Create a cookie cutter template of your own

Cookie Decorating 101
Simple technique for easier decorating that is also very pretty!

Prepare your favorite sugar cookie recipe or use 1 package of prepared Sugar Cookie Dough found in the refrigerated section of the grocery store.

Sprinkle Confectioner's Sugar (powdered sugar -- if making chocolate cookies, sprinkle with cocoa powder) on flat surface and roll the cookie dough to about 1/4 inch thickness.

Bake according to your recipe or the manufacturer's instructions. When baking is finished, use a spatula to gently lift the cookies from the cookie sheet and place on a wire rack to completely cool. It is important cookies be completely cooled to avoid any moisture on the bottom.

Separate 3 eggs -- you'll need the egg whites only. (Save yolks for a breakfast omelet...). Place egg whites in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed. Gently add one box of powdered sugar (16 ounces), a little at a time (careful you don't end up wearing it...) and continue to mix until all the powdered sugar and egg whites are smooth.

Divide the white frosting into some small bowls to tint with food coloring as desired. Place the frosting into decorator piping bags or simply use small Ziplock type bags and snip off a small corner... no special cake decorating tips necessary for this project!

Decorate the cookies as desired and let set for several hours before adding Harry Potter Cake Pics.

Cut off the white plastic inserts so that only the colored slick Harry Potter cake pic remains. Using a dab of frosting (acts as the glue), attach one cake pic to each cookie. Guests simply remove the cake pic photo and eat the cookie. Using a damp cloth, clean off the cake pic to take home as a party favor or use again on another cookie.

As a side note, the photo of the Harry Potter Cake Pics are shown on cupcakes -- these have been frosted with white icing and then sprayed using a fabulous product -- shake the can, remove the cap, aim and spray for beautiful colored frosting -- adding a little or a lot to get the perfect color you desired. It is called SPRAY COLOR MIST and comes in great colors

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