To make this daisy cookie you'll need royal icing, sparkling sugar, gel food coloring, and unsweetened chocolate.

Start by using a sturdy cookie
dough that won't spread.  I used
our No Fail Sugar Cookie recipe.  Remember that you can
make cookies ahead of time and
freeze them until you're ready
to decorate.
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Make a batch of royal icing
and divide it into three
portions.  One can be
quite small because it will
be used only for the center
of the cookie.
For a royal icing recipe
  CLICK HERE

Color your first two portions
with desired color.  One will be
used in a pastry bag and the other
will be used as your flow icing. I
like to put my flow icing into
plastic squeeze bottles for easier
application.
To learn more about Royal Icing
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Put a fifty cent piece sized squirt
of royal icing on the center of the
cookie and use a paint brush or the brush end of your trip cleaning brush to paint the cookie to the edges.

 


Allow the cookie to dry
for a few minutes then
pipe an edge around it
to add some dimension
to your cookie.

Add sparkling sugar to create
a beautiful daisy.  When I
use sparkling sugar I put
my cookies on a cooling rack
with waxed paper underneath. That way the excess sugar can
be recycled.

I then used my pastry
bag to add a few more lines
to the cookie.

To create the center of the cookie.  I took my third portion of icing and added a small amount of melted unsweetened chocolate to it.  Then, I added just a little black food coloring.  I piped the center dots on with a #2 tip