Cookies with the WRITE stuff...Works For Me Wednesday

Back-to-School Edition!

Works For Me Wednesday is a themed version this week and the theme is Back-to-School.

You may remember I made these number 2 pencil cookies at the end of the school year in May. Well, they'll work for back-to-school as well. :) Imagine bringing a box of cookies to your new teacher (hello, brownie points!) or the look on your little one's face when he pulls one of these babies out of his lunchbox.

These decorated pencil cookies were made using a modified pick-up truck cookie cutter. My original thought, though, went elsewhere. Click here for more from the original post. ;)

Here's how to make them:

Using yellow royal icing, outline the main pencil shape with a #2 or #3 tip. (AmeriColor Egg Yellow mixed with AmeriColor Gold)
With a #2 tip, outline the pencil tip in beige. (AmeriColor Copper)
Thin the yellow and beige icings (reserving some yellow) with water to make the flood icing the consistency of syrup.
Cover with a damp dishtowel and let sit several minutes.
Run a silicone spatula through the icing to pop any large air bubbles and transfer to squeeze bottles.
Fill in outlines.
With grey icing, use a #3 tip to add the pencil detail in 2 or 3 lines. (AmeriColor Super Black)
With pink icing, outline the eraser with a #2 tip. (AmeriColor Deep Pink mixed with AmeriColor Chocolate Brown)
Thin the pink icing with water to make the consistency of syrup.
Cover with a damp dishtowel and let sit several minutes.
Run a silicone spatula through the icing to pop any large air bubbles and transfer to squeeze bottle.
Fill in outline.
With a #2 tip, add the pencil detail stripes in yellow.
Using a #1 tip, add the "no. 2" and lead in black. (AmeriColor Super Black)

Looking for more WFMW posts? Check out all of the back-to-school ideas at We Are THAT Family. And, you can click below for a few past entries from me.