Over the years as I’ve learned to bake + decorate desserts I’ve learned there is one ultimate worst customer. The kind that wants to tell you every little detail of the design, choose a complex flavor combination, maintain a no-compromise attitude, and yet expect you to create the entire thing…for free! You guys know the ones I’m
My oldest kiddo requested panda cookies for Valentine’s Day. She is obsessed with pandas, you could call it a panda-emic. But I was not allowed to create a beary cute saying to go with. And she was practically devastated at the sheer mention of me turning the pandas cute Valentine’s Day colors. FUN SUCKER. So we agreed on traditional no non- sense panda cookies with accents in the same colors
Turns out, I still have a job as mom baker for another year. Whew. Since I covered the traditional panda cookies “as ordered” I thought I would pop in and share how I keep the black and white panda cookie process easy + give you guys my panda projector template. Just in case you have a minature you hanging around demanding 22 pandas. And those cute little bamboo cookies? I got a little creative with a Sugarbelle rainbow cutter to make bamboo + florals!
Have a cookie decorating projector? Great news! Here’s a projector template to make these cookies a breeze. Just click, save, project!
HOW TO MAKE PANDA COOKIES
TOOLS
- bear cookie cutter
- icing bottles/piping bags
- #2 tips
- #1 tip
- small leaf tip
- icing scribe
- fan
- edible marker
SUPPLIES
- black 20-second icing
- white 20-second icing
- leaf green outline icing
- light pink 20-second icing
- coral 20-second icing
- mint 20-second icing
- sugar pearls for eyes
- black non pareil sprinkles (optional)
DECORATOR’S TIP: Icing with black and white together can be a nightmare due to color bleed so let’s cover that right away. Two ways I prevent this is to keep both my white icing and my black icing a fluffy (thick) 20-second icing. The other is to always work with a fan. As soon as the icing has been piped I place a fan over the cookies to help them crust over quickly. I do not move on until the first later has crusted over just a bit. No
Step 1: First, use the projector template (or print and cut) to trace the large black eye spots of the panda as well as the lines that seperate the ears from the face if you need them.
Step 2: Using white 20-second icing, outline and flood the white of the panda. Pipe two dots on for the cheeks just under the eye spots using light pink 20-second icing. Place under a fan to let icing crust over.
Step 3: Next, outline and flood the ears with black 20-second icing. Using a pair of tweezers drop in sugar pearls for eyes. Add black sprinkles to the ears/eye spots if you would like. I love the extra texture it adds. Place back under the fan right away to prevent and bleeding.
Step 4: Once the the face has crusted over add a nose with white 20 second icing. Use the projector template to speed up this process if you would like!
Step 5: Once the nose has crusted over add a little heart nose with the light pink icing, a mouth with black icing (I use PME tip #1), and a few dots for the florals. Finish with a few small leaves!
DECORATOR’S TIP: You can use the projector template + projector to add the details on with ease! This keeps things nice and consistent for me.
I can’t wait to see your cute panda creations! Hopefully, your “customers” are far more kind than mine, ha! Don’t forget to tag me in your treats!
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