What The Best Way To Sugar A Cookie For Good Coverage? Asap
Baking By sweetcravings Updated 7 Oct 2008 , 8:05pm by shiney
I want to make some cut outs completely covered in colored sugar..I just tried doing a few and i find that i'm having a hard time getting it to be fully covered so that you don't see any of the cookie underneath it. I tried filling a plate with sugar and laying the cookie ontop and pressing down gently and still the coverage is not what i'm looking for. I tried wetting the top of the cookie with water hoping that it would make the sugar stick better but it just makes the sugar melt a bit and it's messy.
Is it best to apply it after baking? Or is there a way to do this that is best done before baking. HELP>
suz
I have used an egg wash to help glue the sugar down. Try using a pastry brush to apply the wash; then sprinkle the sugar. I don't believe you get as "flocked" a coverage as when you ice and then sugar.
Sweetcravings: I pm'd you back, but in case you see this first, this is how
I covered my cookies: Bake your cookies, cool, ice the cookies with a layer of royal icing (or any other icing), then while the icing is still wet, just sprinkle the sugar over the cookie. Hope that helps!
Tricia
I use an 1/8 tsp measuring spoon to put the sugar on the cookies before I bake them. The spoon is small enough that it concentrates the sugar all over the cookies, turns out very well covered that way.
Thanks everyone...I went along with pebbles suggestion and baked them..Hopefully i can sugar them tonight. I'll try and post a pic when all done.
I actually brush light corn syrup, then sprinkle
Are you able to get a dense cover of sugar with this method? Does it stay on well?
it's not real thick. Look at my recent fish cookie, I did that with TG, let it dry just a few minutes then pour it on, press it down some, let it set a good while, then tip off excess. On that cookie, I didn't brush off stray sugar on the white TG before taking the pic (oops) I try to do the same color TG as the sugar.
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