Smart Cookie: Designing Creative Cookies

By Dana Meachen Rau

Cookies aren’t just for dipping in milk. Learn to use cookies as a canvas to create adorable animals, party decorations, and much more. Your friends will want to take a picture of their cookie creation … before they devour it!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Jul 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781491431849

Dana Meachen Rau

Dana Meachen Rau is an author, editor, and illustrator of children’s books. She has written more than 100 books for children, many of them nonfiction in subjects including astronomy, history, and geography, as well as numerous biographies. She lives in Burlington, Connecticut, with her husband and two children.

Book preview

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Think Outside the Jar

Projects

Clear Sky Rainbows

Wise Old Owl

Fancy Topper

Puddle Witch

In the Doghouse

Bugging Out

Fairy Ring

Spacey Treats

Curled Up Cozy Cat

Flower Place Card

Monkey Around

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Extras

Decorator’s Toolbox

Ingredients and Terms Glossary

Read More

Internet Sites

About the Author

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THINK OUTSIDE THE JAR

What can you make with cookies, candy, and a little icing? Anything you want! Cookies from the jar are yummy. But you can upgrade them to extreme coolness by adding another ingredient—your imagination. Almost anything you can dream up, you can create on a cookie.

How to Use This Book

Follow the simple steps for each project to make some extremely cool cookies. Remember to always check with an adult if you are using a knife, the microwave, or other kitchen tools and appliances.

Once you get decorating, there’ll be no stopping you! But you do need to learn one very important skill first. For all the projects in this book, you need to know how to make royal icing.

Royal icing hardens into a firm shell so your cookies have a smooth finish. It also holds decorations and