LOVEBUG COOKIES
For a guide to decorating your cookies, download this Lovebug Cookie template.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Yield Makes one cookie
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Mix together 1/2 cup royal icing with the black or brown food coloring until desired shade is reached. Transfer to a small squirt bottle. To create the head of the ladybug, outline the area with black or brown icing (see template). Draw several zigzags across entire surface of the outlined area. If necessary, use a toothpick to spread evenly. Using tweezers, add silver dragees to create eyes. Sprinkle head with black or brown sanding sugar. Let dry.
- Mix together 1 cup royal icing with the red or pink food coloring until desired shade is reached. Set aside 1/4 cup red or pink icing and transfer remaining red or pink icing to a small squirt bottle. To create body, outline the area with red or pink icing (see template). Draw several zigzags across entire surface of the outlined area. If necessary, use a toothpick or offset spatula to spread evenly. Using tweezers, add white dragees to create spots. Let dry.
- To create black or brown spots on cookie, squeeze two 1/2-inch dots of black or brown icing about 1/2-inch apart from one another in the center of the body (see template). If necessary, use a toothpick to spread evenly. Using tweezers, add a heart candy to each spot. To create remaining black or brown spots on cookie, squeeze dots of black or brown icing about the same size as the white dragees over body (see template). If necessary, use a toothpick to spread evenly. Let dry.
- Add more red or pink food coloring to reserved 1/4 cup red or pink icing to create a darker shade of red or pink. Transfer to a small squirt bottle. Using dark red or pink icing, make an outline around the body of the ladybug and down the center (see template). Let dry.
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welile shange
[email protected]These cookies are delicious! I love the combination of chocolate and peanut butter.
Oshin Gurung
[email protected]I've made these cookies several times now and they're always a hit with my family and friends.
Fatima L Bamalli
[email protected]These cookies are a little too dry for my taste, but they're still good.
Hussnain Haider
[email protected]I'm not a big fan of peanut butter, but these cookies are still really good. The chocolate chips help to balance out the flavor.
Md Nayim Ahmmed
[email protected]These cookies are easy to make and they taste delicious. I love the combination of chocolate and peanut butter.
Minhas Afridi
[email protected]I've made these cookies several times now and they're always a hit with my family and friends.
Ntombifuthi Vilakazi
[email protected]These cookies are a bit too sweet for me, but they're still good.
Bonita Dwyer
[email protected]I love these cookies! They're so soft and chewy, and the chocolate chips add the perfect amount of sweetness.
tanvir ahmod
[email protected]These cookies are okay, but I've had better.
Bolo Bowman
[email protected]I followed the recipe exactly and the cookies turned out dry and crumbly. I'm not sure what went wrong.
Carlos Mlandeli
[email protected]These cookies are a little too sweet for my taste, but they're still good.
Franklin Guerrier
[email protected]I've made these cookies several times now and they're always perfect. They're my go-to cookie recipe.
Himen Zimmerman
[email protected]These cookies are delicious! I love the combination of chocolate and peanut butter.
Tamara Young
[email protected]These cookies are so easy to make, and they're always a crowd-pleaser. I love that I can make them ahead of time and freeze them.
Gaming pubg
[email protected]I made these cookies for a bake sale and they were a huge success! Everyone loved them.
Esther Francis
[email protected]These lovebug cookies were a hit with my family! They're so soft and chewy, with the perfect amount of sweetness. I'll definitely be making these again.