Define your cookie decorating style

Define your cookie decorating style

When you start decorating cookies you might feel a little overwhelmed  with so many tutorials and cookie decorating styles. Each cookie decorator has their own cookie decorating style and we might all have started with the traditional way of decorating cookies. That is working with two different royal icing consistencies and using a pastry bag with decorating tips to make an outline of the cookie and then add a more fluid icing to cover the cookie. After making so many cookies and encountering problems you have to make some adjustments and come up with your own cookie decorating style. 

One thing that will be helpful is for you to answer this question:

What is my purpose for decorating cookies? 

It could be that you only want to learn a new skill, or maybe you are looking to master this beautiful art or sell cookies for an extra income. 

I have friends that like to make cookies in a very different way than I make mine. For example some like to make the cookies on the more thick side, while others like to make the royal icing thick. All of them are right, it just depends on how they like to make them. 

I started selling cookies on Etsy a while ago and I need to make my cookies thinking about the how much it will cost to make the cookies and having in mind that I will have to ship the cookies, so the thicker they were, the heavier they will be and as a consequence more expensive to ship.

Also I had a lot of problems with plugged decorating tips and it was even kind of painful for my hands when outlining cookies because it was harder to push out. So one day I thought about making another consistency that could work so I don't have to make the outline with a pastry bag and decorating tips, which is my magic consistency! 

This has saved me a lot of headaches, I spend less time decorating my cookies, lowering the cost and also does not cause me pain. 

In this video I showed you three different styles of cookie decorating for beginners that works for simple shaped cookies. 

 I hope this can help you find your own cookie decorating style and I wish you a great success in your cookie decorating journey.