Posts Tagged ‘pirate cookies’

A pirate adventure is not complete without a pirate ship. For these I simply baked sugar cookies (remember to chill your dough shapes before baking, take them out of the oven just as they are starting to show color and always move them immediately to a baking rack for cooling) and flooded them with white and black icing (read my post about flooding if you’ve never done it). For the skull and crossbones I took some melting chocolate, placed it in a resealable bag and microwaved it open for 20 seconds. Then I snipped a small corner and piped the shape onto a piece of wax paper. If this makes you nervous, use the template from my pirate flag post and trace it on the paper before you pipe out the chocolate. Once your design is on the paper, allow it to cool and fully harden for at least 30 minutes. If you’re in a hurry, refrigerate it for at least five. To adhere it to the cookie, I just piped some additional white icing on the mast, attached the chocolate skull and crossbones and allowed it to dry. Remember, have fun!