Tropical Twosome

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Photo by: Julia M. Usher

One of the pluses of Julia’s piecework technique is that the various royal icing parts (in this case, the flowers, buds, leaves, and stems) can be shuffled around cookies of any shape to make so many spectacular designs. This tropical twosome is a perfect case in point. Each cookie is its own unique work of art. To find out how Julia made these cookies, see her step-by-step YouTube video.

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