Hi. I've been trying to decorate cookies with fondant, as a practice for Christmas present cookies. I'm using store bought fondant (Orchard brand - only one avaliable in Australian supermarkets) and I'm finding that it's too soft and bendy. I roll the fondant out quite thin and when I try to move it onto the cookie it stretches all out of shape. It is summer here. I'm wondering if the heat is the problem here. I don't want to make the fondant any thicker, cos I want people to taste cookie too! I haven't made MMF yet (don't know if that would be less stretchy), because it is too much work and we don't have shortening anyway.

My question: I know you're not supposed to refrigerate fondant, because of the condensation, but if I put the cut out fondant in the freezer, will it stiffen up some in a short enough time not to get condensation? Has anyone tried this method?

Any other ideas would be helpful too.

You might try to mix in some confectioners sugar.

add some gumtax/tylose.
I just had the exact thing happen to me. Refrigeration wont help, it will just make it sticky

I am in TX--it is always hot--and I would try mmf. you only need a smathering of crisco and most of the time I dont even use it. It just seems to work. I think you might try to use some more sugar to thicken it up.

Goodluck--I love decorating cookies with fondant--to me soo easy, although I still like to do really detailed cookies with antonia's.

I will be doing the accents in royal icing.

I just made my first batch of Easy MMF last night, with no Crisco. I'm in Australia, we don't have it. I haven't had a chance to try it on cookies yet, but it does seem easier to work with - I modeled some things for a cake I'm doing.

Thanks for the suggestions. I will give the MMF a try on the cookies.

try cutting the fondant with of mmf thicker I use about the same thickness as my cookies. also I use a small metal spatula dipped in powdered sugar to lift the cutouts up and onto the cookie. It does take some practice each time I get you will get better. HTH

Instead of lifting fondant onto the cookies,why dont you place the cookie on the fondant and when it is cooled and the fondant has stuck, you can flip the cookie back.

Also if you go to cake decorating stores, you can buy shortening. The store I go to calls it creamed shortening and I use that to make MMF and it works beautifully.