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How to make ballerina cookies with royal icing

March 14, 2011 by CJ [email protected] 38 Comments

ballerina cookies
I have made a tutorial inspired by the ballerina cookies that I made last year. These sweet ballerina cookies are perfect for a ballet or dress up party. You could use the tutu cookies as pretty gowns instead. Wrap a single cookie in a cellophane bag for a sweet party favor. I hope that you will enjoy my ballerina cookie tutorial.


This is what I use:
Cookie template: Ballet
Tip: For a more stronger cookie template, transfer or glue the paper cookie template onto strong craft paper
Vanilla sugar cookie dough or your own favourite cookie recipe
Small sharp knife
Wooden dowel, for making the hole in the ballerina cookie shoe
Royal Icing
Food gel color. I have used Pink from Sugar Flair
Piping bag with plastic coupler
Round piping tube no. 2
Plastic squeeze bottle
Small thin brush
Small amount of water in a cup
Satin ribbon in coordinating color for the ballerina cookie shoe
Cocktail stick

For the cookies:

Step 1:
Roll out the cold cookie dough on a piece of parchment paper lightly sprinkled with flour. Cut out the cookies using a small sharp knife and transfer the cookies to a baking sheet with parchment paper. Bake the cookies as directed in the recipe.

Step 2:
When the cookies are baked, take a wooden sharp dowel and carefully make a hole in the ballerina cookie shoe for the ribbon. Let the cookies cool comepletely on a cooling rack.

Step 3:
Color the royal icing in your choosen color. I have used the same color for both outlining and flooding. Take about 4-5 tbsp of royal icing and make it soft peak consistency by adding few drops of water. Fill it into the piping bag with a no. 2 round piping tube. Next take 1/2 cup of the colored royal icing and mix it slowly with drops of water to a runny consistency. Cover with plastic wrap and let it rest.

Ballerina cookie shoe:

Step 1:
Outline the cookie shoe with the soft royal icing. Use the brush and a little water to “push down” any small peaks.

Step 2:
Carefully stir the runny royal icing, to eliminate air bubbles and fill a squeeze bottle with the runny icing. Flood the ballerina shoe. Use a cocktail stick to “pop” any air bubbles while the icing is still wet.

Let the cookie dry (best overnight) before moving on with the next step.

Step 3:
Pipe a small bow with some soft peak royal icing on the cookie shoe and let it dry.

Step 4:
Finish the ballerina cookie shoe by adding satin ribbon.

Ballerina Tutu cookies:
Step 1:
Outline the tutu’s with the soft royal icing. Use the brush and a little water to “push down” any small peaks.

Step 2:
Flood the tutu’s and use a cocktail stick to “pop” any air bubbles while the icing is still wet. Let the cookies dry (best overnight) before moving on with the next step.

Step 3:
Decorate the tutu’s with soft peak royal icing and let them dry.

Tip: Give your ballerina cookies a little more sparkle by using edible glitter on the wet royal icing, when you pipe the decorations on the dry flooded cookies.

Happy Caking!

Louise

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Comments

  1. Ani

    November 8, 2018 at 8:52 AM

    Where I can get a Cookie template for this?

    Reply
  2. Raina

    April 14, 2018 at 4:57 PM

    Hello,
    I really love these cookies and would love to make it for my daughter. I tried the link but Page Not Found. Is it possible to email me the link? Thank you.

    Reply
  3. Megan Johnson

    October 16, 2017 at 11:18 AM

    I cannot download the cookie template. It says file not found

    Reply
  4. Leesa

    October 17, 2013 at 12:06 PM

    Hi I love this idea!
    I was just wondering how thick you roll your dough out to?

    Reply
  5. Dalia

    February 10, 2013 at 7:45 AM

    Beautiful!!! Im going to try to make this cookies for my little girls ballerina party,
    thanks for the idea.

    Reply
  6. Melea

    December 30, 2012 at 9:09 AM

    I have tried to download the zip file for the template and it says it’s invalid. I’m not sure if it’s something on my end or in the zip file. Any way to upload it as a pdf file?

    Reply
  7. JLB

    October 23, 2012 at 12:08 AM

    I need to take cookies to a ballerina themed party for little girls next weekend… Im not much of a baker, and even less of a decorator, but I have to give this a try! Its so precious looking!!!

    Reply
  8. Virginie

    September 25, 2012 at 10:05 AM

    Hi, I am planning to make these for my daughter’s birthday but I can’t open the template. Does the link still work ??? Any chance you could send me the file via email please ? Thank you very much for this tutorial.
    Virginie
    thatcutelittlecake {at} talktalk {dot} net

    Reply
    • Louise

      October 17, 2012 at 8:12 PM

      I’m so sorry for the late reply but you should have been able to open the link. Click on link and the choose “open with” and not save file.

      Reply
  9. Mijbil

    April 3, 2012 at 8:03 PM

    Hi there! Your lovely post has been featured on my blog:

    https://mijbilcreatures.blogspot.it/2012/04/easter-diy-tutorials-part-1.html

    Thanks for sharing your gorgeous cookies! πŸ™‚

    Reply
  10. Davina

    January 17, 2012 at 11:12 AM

    Oh my gosh I love this! These ballerina cookies would make the perfect touch for my daughters birthday! Can you please send me a link for the ballet cookie template? The link provided gives you an error message and says the page can not be found.

    Reply
    • Louise

      January 17, 2012 at 11:13 AM

      Hi there, I have fixed the download link to a zip file, so it should be working now.

      Reply
  11. Asmita

    November 13, 2011 at 9:07 PM

    These cookies are amazing. I am so inspired to decorate them, maybe will do something for the holidays. Something simple though. Love these!

    Reply
  12. Jenni

    May 18, 2011 at 4:46 AM

    hi Louise,

    Your blog is so awesome! What I want to ask is that whether your decorated cookies are still crispy after you decorated them or they are a bit soft?

    Reply
    • Anonymous

      May 18, 2011 at 12:59 PM

      I don’t think that they are soft. They are nice and crunchy. The cookie close to the icing may be a little softer but not much. I like the way they taste and crunch.

      Reply
  13. Twinsgomitas24

    April 29, 2011 at 2:37 AM

    beautiful work…..thanks

    Reply
  14. Fizz

    April 20, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    thanks so much i have never know what is meant by ‘flodding’ but you explain it well! I have always been more into rough and ready but yummy, I think it’s time I moved onto more refined things!

    Reply
  15. guest

    March 22, 2011 at 9:45 PM

    Everything you do is so clean and impressive. These cookies are so beautiful!

    Reply
  16. Amanda Seevers

    March 17, 2011 at 12:00 AM

    I like how you added the ribbon. You could even hang it up πŸ™‚

    Reply
  17. Joy

    March 16, 2011 at 2:10 AM

    That is adorable.

    Reply
  18. Maryanne_p

    March 15, 2011 at 4:33 PM

    Thank you so much for your generosity in sharing this with us, these are precious!

    Reply
  19. Gini

    March 15, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    These are so pretty. I should try to make these for whem my daugther has her recital. I think her friends would love them too.

    Reply
  20. Gini

    March 15, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    These are so pretty. I should try to make these for whem my daugther has her recital. I think her friends would love them too.

    Reply
  21. Owa

    March 15, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    incredible..love it!!!!!

    Reply
  22. Monica

    March 15, 2011 at 2:34 AM

    So girlie and pretty! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  23. Kris

    March 14, 2011 at 8:56 PM

    Hey Louise, I made some of these last year in October! They did not look quite as good as yours, but they were pretty cute, and I got a lot of compliments. Thanks very much for the idea. πŸ™‚

    Reply
  24. Anonymous

    March 14, 2011 at 8:14 PM

    No, as long as you use a quite cold dough and roll it onto parchment paper it is very easy to cut out the cookies. You can smooth any rough edges with your fingers.

    Reply
  25. Sibel

    March 14, 2011 at 7:22 PM

    Thank you so much for sharing and teaching πŸ™‚ I always mess up the sugar cookies.
    1) Could you tell me a trick to move the excess dough away and lifting the cut cookie to the sheet without it loosing its form. Mine always looka bit wonky and the edges are never as sharp. Is my dough not chilled enough?
    2) How thick should the dough be once rolled out?
    3) Once I cut out all the shapes and re-knead all the scraps should I chill the dough before rolling it again?

    These are so pretty I want to make it for my friends daughter. She loves ballet πŸ™‚
    xoxo

    Reply
    • Anonymous

      March 14, 2011 at 8:09 PM

      1. Always roll out the cookie dough on parchment paper. Use the parchment paper to flip the cookie into your hand and then onto the baking sheet. You can get the idea form here: https://cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-make-a-cookie-lolly It’s important that the dough is quite cold. Roll out a smaller portion at a time. If the cut out cookie have a rough edge you can either trim with the knife or smooth with your fingers.

      2. The cookie dough should be 5mm.

      3. I re-roll the scraps max. 2 times then I chill again.

      Reply
  26. Laura

    March 14, 2011 at 6:21 PM

    Hi Louise…as always beautiful work. Where can I find those Plastic squeeze bottle you use?, I normally use the plastic bag but when my boys want to decorate then desaster happens…they burst the bag or the icing comes from the top of the bags….thank you

    Reply
    • Anonymous

      March 14, 2011 at 8:12 PM

      You cna get them from Karen Cookies https://www.karenscookies.net/2-ounce-Squeeze-Bottle-with-Coupler-2-pack_p_1165.html It comes in a 8 ounce too, but I find that too big. But its great if you need to decorated LOTS of cookies in the same color.

      Reply
      • Maggicastillo

        March 21, 2011 at 7:59 PM

        Thanks ; )

  27. Lynn

    March 14, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    These are really sweet. Judging from the undecorated slipper cookie it would turn out so beautifully. Thank you!

    Reply
  28. Alessandra Zecchini

    March 14, 2011 at 3:48 PM

    Simply adorable.

    Reply
  29. Anonymous

    March 14, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    You can let the flooded cookies dry under a architects lamp.

    Reply
  30. Sue

    March 14, 2011 at 1:42 PM

    GORGEOUS! Love the ribbon on the shoe!

    Reply
  31. Robinsnestcandles

    March 14, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    Those are beautiful. I can never get my royal icing to taste good. Any suggestions? What recipe do you use?

    Reply
    • Anonymous

      March 14, 2011 at 1:23 PM

      I use a royal icing that calls for egg whites (pasteurized), powdered sugar and lemon juice. There are a link to it in the post.

      Reply

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