Lanterns with Lift

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Photo by: Julia M. Usher

If you’re wondering how the lanterns on these cookies are so dimensional, it’s because Julia first piped royal icing transfers in lantern shapes (using her Chinese New Year Dynamic Duos™ foreground stencil as a tracing guide). Once those transfers were dry, she airbrushed the lantern patterns on their poofy tops! How ingenious! Also to note: this great cookie shape was made with Julia’s Genie Plaque cutter. To learn more or to purchase, visit Julia’s stencil partner Confection Couture Stencils’ site, or check out the “RELATED PRODUCTS” links.

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