Nutcracker Cookies, a Family Tradition!

Nutcracker rehearsals or on full swing and all the ballerinas are getting stage ready, if you have a ballerina in your life you must know how exciting is to perform in The nutcracker ballet  and if you are having a party or just looking for some Nutcracker cookies ideas, I will share some of my designs and tutorials. 

Back in the day my first big cookie order was 4 dozens of nutcracker cookies for a Sugarplum fairy tea party.  I was super excited to make them and at that time I did not have the right cookie cutter or a pico projector, so I had to come up with the idea to make vinyl  stencil using an exacto. 

 The cookies turned out super nice ...at least that was what I thought, because people really like them, but they really were not that pretty (LOL) . 

Having the right cookie cutter it is always so important when making cookies, particularly if you are planning to make several pieces, so this way all your cookies can look like "cookie cutter cookies"  

I am so glad that a good friend of mine gave me my first nutcracker cookie cutter, it is super cute, but it is kind of small and to make the cookies is kind of hard, and you need to be patient even in the cutting part of the cookies, here I have a video that give you tips on how to cut out the cookies using this kind of cookie cutters. Click HERE 

Using the smaller cookie cutter there is not too much space to work on the cookie and you can easily make mistakes, nonetheless these cookies came out 1000 % better than my first attempt and each year I tried to improve my designs mixing several techniques. 

I also have some other Nutcracker cookie cutters and a video tutorial with detailed step by step tutorial, click HERE  for the tutorial 

In 2019 started my new Nutcracker  cookie adventure with  this adorable cookie cutter, and I felt in love with it, not only because it is made out of copper, but because it is HUGE!!! And the cookies really look amazing! 

I am so  happy that they are still selling this huge cookie cutter  and what is even more cool is that Anthropologie and Sur La Table are selling it! You can buy it where ever strike your fancy! 

I do love tha part of cookie decorating where you can use your creative talents to come up with different designs all the time, here are some of my favorites. In the picture above I only used firm consistency royal icing, it is an easy way to decorate cookies when you are planning to make a couple of dozens. 

In the picture above I used a gingerbread cookie dough and simple decorate the cookie with medium consistency royal icing, the cookie cutter  and the gingerbread really make it so easy to come up with beautiful cookies. Here is the video tutorial for the recipe. Click HERE

 I have a great class on how to make the royal icing and all the consistencies you will need to decorate cookies at UDEMY.COM,

I also have an online Christmas cookie decorating class, where I teach how to decorate cookies with fondant and royal icing. Click HERE

If you are looking to make some "Merde" gifts any of these options will make the little ballerina in your life super happy! 

And I even have a smaller nutcracker cookie cutter!!! I will share some pictures next time!