Hey Besties! Once you’ve learned how to flood your cookies, I highly suggest trying some wet on wet cookie decorating techniques! There are endless design options using wet on wet techniques and its really good scribe practice too. Your scribe really is your best bud when it comes to cookie decorating, so you may as well start spending more time together!
Before we dig in, if you’re looking for a great royal icing recipe, you can find out go-to recipe HERE. And if you’re still learning about royal icing consistencies, THIS post will be very helpful.
With wet on wet, you’re using your flood consistency for all the decorating while it’s still wet, hence the name. So, one word of advice is to have your plan of what design you will be doing since you will get right to work once you flood, before the icing starts to crust. That said, I did include one example where you want to let the icing crust before flooding an adjacent section.
I’ve put together some step-by-step photo tutorials for you, but I also encourage you to try your own designs. Sometimes your find your favorite new design when you’re just playing!
wet on wet cookie decorating hearts example 1
wet on wet hearts example 2
wet on wet hearts example 3
wet on wet stripes example 1
wet on wet stripes example 2
crusting example
If there is one thing I know, it is that your wet on wet cookie decorating skills will improve and you will learn something with every single batch. I also know that not every batch is a raging success! But I can promise you will learn something and apply it next time. It takes practice, practice, practice!
With so many AMAZING cookies out there, it’s incredibly easy to get overwhelmed, I get it! But if you just break it down into separate skills, you’ll learn how it all comes together. Wet on wet cookie decorating techniques are just one skill you’ll master and incorporate into your designs! Leave a comment and let me know how it goes, Bestie!!
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