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Title: Dinosaur Cookies
Categories: Five, Cookies, Novelty
Yield: 6 Cookies

8 oz Sugar cookie dough
16 oz Stiff white royal icing;
- prepared according to pkg
- instructions
10 dr Orange sunset gel food color
6 dr Lemon yellow gel food color
3 dr Black gel food color

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: toothpicks, triceratops-shaped cookie cutter,
disposable piping bags, #1 round tip, #2 round tip, coupler

Set the oven @ 325ºF/165ºC. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Place the cookie dough between two sheets of parchment paper. With a
rolling pin, roll out the dough until it is about 1/4" thick. Set the
rolled dough in the freezer for 15 minutes to firm.

Cut out cookies with a triceratops-shaped cookie cutter. Place the
cookies roughly 2" apart on the parchment-lined baking sheet and
freeze for 5 more minutes. Transfer the cookies and the parchment
paper to a new baking sheet and bake until the bottoms are just
golden brown and the centers are no longer doughy, about 15 minutes,
rotating the baking sheet about halfway through baking.

Allow the cookies to cool before transferring them to a cooling rack.

For the base coat, put about 6 ounces of the royal icing in a medium
bowl. Add 5 drops of orange food color and 2 drops of yellow food
color and stir with a rubber spatula to combine. Gradually add a
teaspoon of water at a time until the icing is the consistency of
thin yogurt; when you scoop some up with a spoon and let it drip back
into the bowl, the lines should settle out. (Don't add too much water
all at once; the icing should not be watery or it will run off the
edges of the cookies.) Cover the bowl with a damp paper towel until
ready to use.

Put 2 ounces of the royal icing in a small bowl. Add a few drops of
water at a time until the icing is the consistency of thick yogurt.
Transfer the icing to a disposable piping bag fitted with a coupler
and a #1 round piping tip.

For the dark-orange spots on the dinosaurs, put about 3 ounces of the
royal icing in a medium bowl. Add 5 drops of the orange food color
and 1 drop of yellow and stir with a rubber spatula to combine. Add
food color as needed until a shade slightly darker than the base coat
is achieved. Add a few drops of water at a time until the icing is
the consistency of thick yogurt. Transfer the icing to a disposable
piping bag fitted with a coupler and a #1 round piping tip.

For the light-yellow outlines on the dinosaurs, put roughly 3 ounces
of the white royal icing in a medium bowl. Add 3 drops of the yellow
food color and stir to combine with a rubber spatula. Add food color
as needed until a nice pale yellow is achieved. Gradually add a few
drops of water at a time and mix until the icing is pipeable and
slightly fluid, like thick yogurt. Transfer the icing to a disposable
piping bag fitted with a coupler and a #2 round piping tip.

For the dinosaurs' eyes, put 2 ounces of white royal icing in a small
bowl. Color the royal icing black by adding 2 to 3 drops of black food
color. Stir to combine using a rubber spatula, adding a few drops of
water until a thick yogurt consistency is. Transfer the icing to a
disposable piping bag fitted with a coupler and a #1 round piping tip.

Once the cookies have cooled, flip the cookies upside down by holding
the edge of the cookie. One at a time, dip the top of a cookie into
the lighter orange base coat icing, moving the cookie slightly to
make sure the top is coated entirely. The icing should not come up
the sides of the cookies. Flip the cookie back over and jiggle the
cookie slightly to help smooth out any lumps. Use a toothpick to pop
any air bubbles and smooth out the icing. Place on the cooling rack
and repeat with the remaining cookies until they are all coated.

Next, while the cookies are still wet, use the dark-orange icing to
make 3 to 4 spots along the back of the triceratops and slightly
above the legs. Allow the cookies to dry for at least an hour.

Using the white icing, pipe three small dots at the base of each of
the two feet. Fill in the triangle shaped points sticking out of the
head of the dinosaur to create two horns on each. Next pipe another
horn on each that is the same size directly across from the horn
towards the top of the head.

Pipe an eye with the black icing on each, creating a small curved line
just between the two horns on the triceratops head.

For the border, pipe the light-yellow icing around the edge of each
cookie, following the shape of the cookie. Next, pipe details to
outline the legs, continuing the lines of the legs slightly upwards
towards the body of the triceratops. Pipe what looks like a fishhook
to create the mouths, swooping upwards towards the eye.

Allow the cookies to dry completely before serving.

RECIPE FROM: https://www.foodnetwork.com

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