Painting on Cookies!

For my birthday, my friend Karen (baker extrodinaire) gave me a super creative gift ~ a painting cookie kit. It had brushes, gel dye, glitter dust and royal iced blank cookies for my canvases. What a cool present and it opened up a whole new world for me. Two of my favorite things into one: good food and art! :D
It's not hard to do either - here's a video to show you how you can paint on cookies too! Enjoy!! xoxo!

[@mebearcreations]

Your friend knows you well 😊 You would make a great team! I’m going to try to watercolour my cookies tonight. Thanks for showing how it’s being done!

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

mebearcreations - have fun painting your cookies!!!

[@mebearcreations]

LifeAfter40IsGood it was a great success, even though I had to change my approach. Everyone loved their cookies!

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

mebearcreations YAY! Glad it worked out for you!

[@Two-One-Seven]

Very helpful! Thanks for the tip about using water, I was afraid I could only use a alcohol-food-dye mixture. 😁

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

Haematic AJ - Glad I could help you! Hope you have fun trying this out!

[@barbx01]

What a great friend! I was just sitting here wishing I would get a goody box of decorating stuff for a gift!! :)

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

+Sugarcoated Nanagrams - AGREE 100% that I have such a special friend! Hope you get yet your box of decorating goodies!!! (Even if it's a gift to yourself!) ;)

[@anadavid10909]

You can also use lemon extract and dries faster than water, I like it better than the vodka 😄

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

Ana M - Great tip Ana! Thank you for sharing! 😘

[@judichristopher4604]

Karen needs to HIRE you to paint her cookies... before she goes Broke giving you all her cookies she could sell.. (laughing)... You two would make a great team... Hire me to be the person who Taste Test them... Cookie Control...

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

Judi Christopher - I think I scare Karen! 😂😂.

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

Judi Christopher - I think I scare Karen! 😂😂.

[@Bucketlistretreats]

Please tell me how to make the cookies to start with!!! Its a must know situation :) Thank you, Kelly

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

Bucket List Retreats - my friend made these cookies for me. It’s a sugar cookie base. She used royal icing and ‘flooded’ the cookies to make the canvas. When you make the icing flavor it with lemon and it will taste better.

[@KH-qm4sb]

Karen is a good friend lol.

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

K H - she IS!! Heart of Gold!

[@KH-qm4sb]

This was so sweet, I could tell how much you love her. I'm just now trying to get into baking and this video made things a little less scary.

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

K H - Good luck w you’re baking!!!

[@thecalicoheart7946]

Really nice video! Thanks for not speeding this up and just chatting! ☺️💝

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

The Calico Heart ❤️. Awwww thank you for saying this! ❤️

[@Pixels_and_Points]

Think Karen might share her recipe? Tasty sugar cookies that aren't too soft are hard to find! Lovely painting. :)

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

I'll ask her. :)

[@Pixels_and_Points]

Thanks!

[@olivierquirk1353]

I will make some but different recipe!

[@emiliaw9249]

These looks amazing! How long do you dry them after painted? And how do you store them without the paint smudging in the humid climate? Thank you.

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

It dries almost instantly since it uses alcohol. No smudging either!!! ❤️

[@emiliaw9249]

@@LifeAfter40IsGood I placed them in a ziploc bag and the paint started spreading :( any advise?

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

@@emiliaw9249 - did you use the Wilton color right brand like I showed in the beginning of the video. That one dries pretty quickly liked I demonstrated.

[@emiliaw9249]

@@LifeAfter40IsGood that was the same one I use. I store the in a Ziploc bag, and all colors expanded. not sure how to store them at this point.

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

@@emiliaw9249 - oh no, really? I diluted mine w the water (or vodka) so it was like a watercolor consistency and I used a little on my brush. Try leaving it out over night. I live in an almost desert climate (dry heat in the summer). Another suggestion maybe put them in an oven w lowest temp setting and door propped open - farthest from burner and see if it will dry out that way. Good luck!!! 🍀

[@bexguile4500]

Is paint better than food coland icing 😋

[@dellabautista2707]

Why do you prefer using water instead of vodka to paint?

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

I didn't think I found much of a difference, the vodka dries faster. Water is cheaper than vodka though! :)

[@zaynkataw83]

nice demonstration

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

zayn kataw - Thank you so much!

[@EriclesMinutodoFornecedor]

pretty! How much do you use to paint?

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

Estrela Guia Acessórios - i dip my brush in the color. Looking at the plate, there isn’t very much per color. A little goes a long way.

[@annevandemoortel1014]

Eat the cookie!

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

😝Great advice!

[@erikabravo1755]

Hola ! Gracias por compartir acabo de dar co tigo en you tube. Disculpa no tienes clase de la casita q muestras al principio?

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

Erika Bravo - peridon, mi amigo me hizo la casa. Especially que Estonia traduzca Google Traduzca. 😀

[@erikabravo1755]

LifeAfter40IsGood a ok muchas gracias :*

[@bwalkerist]

I really don’t care about your personal affairs get to the video!

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

Betty Walker - sorry! I just felt like chatting it up that day. I show good content in this video though.

[@meowserspedersen2020]

@@LifeAfter40IsGood Wow! that Betty Walker needs to get laid or take a chill pill or somethin. idk if that would even help. what a biotch! lol...anyhoo I loved your video and thankyou for sharing. :) oh as far as painting goes do you think regular food dye would work or should it be the gel kind and if so I need to figure out how to make it gel style and save some duckets. guess Ive got some googling to do But maybe yo know off hand. Cheers! & Thanks again!

[@LifeAfter40IsGood]

Meowsers Pedersen - 😂😂. Thanks for your comment and kind words. I was just so excited to receive this gift and wanted to share how to do this technique because at the time I could not find any videos on how to do it.

[@meowserspedersen2020]

@@LifeAfter40IsGood i appreciate it. & yes you are right.. not many videos about this. thanks again!