Creature Cookies: Step-by-Step Instructions and 80 Decorating Ideas You Can Do

by Autumn Carpenter

Let cookies be your new canvas! Now these sweet treats are also a creative outlet for imagination and arty crafting skills. Anyone can learn easy techniques for transforming plain cookies into little works of art following the step-by-step instructions and detailed photography found inside Sweet Creature Cookies . Beginning with the cookies themselves, best-selling author and reknowned sugar artist Autumn Carpenter gives you her favorite recipes with tried-and-true tips for baking cookies that are perfect for decorating. See amazing ways to use common cookie cutters to create cute animal shapes. Learn the basics and beyond of piping buttercream icing, decorating with fondant, decorating with run-sugar icing, and so much more. Create over 80 different animal cookies. Discover many interesting ways to create textures for fur, feathers, or fish scales. Explore lots of possibilities for color combinations and blending. The creature cookies is this book represent all corners of the globe from earth, sea, and safari, farm, forest, jungle, desert, lake, and ocean; even family pets! "Once again the amazing Autumn Carpenter has pooled her creative genius in creating a new and exciting book. Creature Cookies features Autumn's unique approach to fun, whimsical, and easy to create cookies. Written with easy to follow step-by-step instructions and full-color illustrations will make this book a must have for all cookie decorating enthusiasts." - Chef Nicholas Lodge, Pastry Chef and Master Sugar Artist (Atlanta, Georgia) "Autumn Carpenter has sugar running through her veins. She comes from a long line of industry leaders and committed sugar artists that have excelled both artistically and commercially. Her skill set is proven, techniques exhibit quality, and her tutorials are accurate telling the whole story. Definitely for the cute at heart!" - Kerry Vincent, International Cake Exploration Societe Hall of Fame 2004, Dessert Professional Hall of Fame 2010, Food Network Challenge judge and host of Save My Bakery "Autumn Carpenter's new book is a delight! The ideas are new and creative and the techniques are easy enough for anyone to master. This book would be a great gift for young or old!" - Colette Peters, Colette's Cakes in New York City, author of five books on cakes and cake decorating, renowned educator, and recipient of multiple awards in the culinary arts

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking

144 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2015

Reviews

[Sheri · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you have the talent and the patience to create these amazing edible wonders, then this creative cookie decorating manual is just the book for you. You’ll be inspired to create adorable, creative, and too pretty to eat animal cookies. Shockingly, after browsing this I’m not craving cookies. I think it was because they were all too pretty to eat. I view them as mini works of art that deserve to be admired.

Even though the directions seem pretty straightforward, I would say this is not a book for moms or dads looking to make something special for their child’s birthday. Many of the designs look to be very time consuming as well as intricate. I personally would leave these cookies to professional bakers who enjoy baking and decorating and have the time, space, tools, and right environment to turn out a beautiful finished product. But if you do decide to attempt any of these, I recommend you read through all the tips and tricks at the back of the book. There’s a lot of great info on baking cookies and the various methods of decorating.

This a fun book to browse and select a special creation for an event such as a birthday party or baby shower. A few of my favorites were the Mama Pig and Piglets, Sock Monkeys, Panda Bears, and the Rainbow Unicorns.

I would recommend this fun how-to book to professional bakers for both the creative ideas and the excellent decorating instructions.

[Eileen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Autumn Carpenter never disappoints decorator's. She is the master decorator.

[Penny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just got it in the mail. Awesome.