Hand Stamped Cookies
Use new, clean rubber stamps and food coloring to create unique hand-stamped cookies that will be sure to turn heads.
Baking and crafting- my worlds collide! You already know that I love to bake, but did I ever tell you about my crafting habit? I can’t draw so I like to buy stamps, Sharpies, cute stickers, and things that punch shapes out of colorful paper. My poor crafting table has been jealous of my oven since things have been heating up over here at In Katrina’s Kitchen so I thought this would be the perfect way to remedy that.
Have you heard of Sprinkle Bakes? Heather is the talented artist and blogger behind her successful and gorgeous blog by the same title and now she is an author! When the publisher contacted me and asked if I wanted to review Heather’s book I thought surely this was a rhetorical question. So I jumped at the chance (and the publisher threw in a copy for one of you too!). You are actually going to get FOUR chances (!!!) at winning this book- more about that later.
This book was a page-turner; I had a hard time doing laundry, washing dishes, making dinner, and all that riveting stuff. I finally decided on making hand-stamped cookies. Heather made postcard cookies and they were stunning of course. In the book she talks about how she uses wafer paper to make them.
You can find wafer paper online. Since I didn’t have a whole lot of time to get my hands on some I did what I normally do when I need help: I went to Dairy Queen. I asked if I could purchase a sheet of the paper they use to create edible images on their ice cream cakes and the manager sold it to me for a few dollars.
As you can see the edible paper I used was not quite as thin as wafer paper and it didn’t create a seamless border. I’m okay with that- no shipping, problem solved, ice cream for dinner, and my family will still be able to eat real food this week. You can use any (new) rubber stamp so the possibilities truly are endless. Let me also mention here that I used this chocolate cut out cookie recipe from Lila Loa…wow.
Click through here to see my favorite Small Batch Royal Icing Recipe that I used on these cookies.
Hand Stamped Cookies
Ingredients
- Basic Cut Out Cookies -or- Chocolate Cut Out Cookies
- Royal icing
- Icing paper -or- wafer paper
- Corn syrup
- Food coloring
- Rubber stamps
Instructions
- Prepare and cut your cookies to whatever shape that best fits your rubber stamp(s). Bake and let cool completely. Frost with royal icing and let dry overnight.
- Put a small amount of food coloring into a shallow bowl or plate. Using a small flat-head paint brush (or a cotton swab) brush the ink onto the rubber stamp being careful not to over-saturate.
- Hold the inked stamp on the edible paper for 2-3 seconds. Gently peel away.
- Trim off any excess paper and affix to the cookie with a dab of corn syrup. Let dry completely.
I have teamed up with three other bloggers who are each featuring a recipe from the book Sprinkle Bakes, and we each have one to give away also. Be sure to check them out!
Pate a Choux via Baked By Rachel
Grasshopper Pie via Pass The Sushi
Mushroom Cookies via Bake Your Day
Hand Stamped Cookies {You Are Here!}
Giveaway Details:
One (1) winner will receive a copy of Sprinkle Bakes by Heather Baird
This giveaway is closed. The giveaway will run through Thursday, May 31st. Please use the Rafflecopter form below. Start by leaving a comment on this post. You can earn up to 2 additional entries.
This Giveaway is CLOSED. A winner has been chosen and the prize(s) have been fulfilled.
Disclosure: I was given a copy of Sprinkle Bakes to review. I was not compensated for a positive review. All opinions expressed are my own.
122 Comments on “Hand Stamped Cookies”
OMGoodnes, literary cookies! Here's to sweet endings!
How cute are those cookies. Thanks for the giveaway.
very impressive
This is a great idea for the vintage tea party cookies for my friend's baby shower!!
So cute!!! Awesome giveaway! Count me in 🙂
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Please enter me! Looks like a great prize.
I love the cookies above they look so good!
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I would love to win a copy of this book! Great looking cookies!
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GORGEOUS cookies, Katrina! Thanks for the chance to win your giveaway 🙂
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Those are just the most adorable cookies ever!!! Love them, Katrina! <3
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I would love a copy of this book!
All these recipes are so great!
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Great job with the cookies! Love how DQ saved the day!
What an amazing idea. I love that you went to DQ. These are awesome!
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Haha, I love the chocolate one! And by that, I mean all of them!
The cookies are beautiful!
thanks!!
love ur blog and love the fact that i found ur bloh through sprinklebakes!
Looks like a great cookbook. I hope I win.
Wow those look amazing! Would make a great gift
What a great idea! I never would've thought to go to Dairy Queen to get edible paper. Now I know! Your cookies look delicious too!
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The book loooks amazing!
Your recipes are so cute!
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i would love to win!
I can’t wait to try this. The cookies are beautiful!
I love Sprinkle Bakes and would love to win her book!!
You can! I did but the image wasn't as cripsp as I would have liked…probably speaks to my bumpy RI skills 🙂
Love this idea – wonder if you can just stamp right on dried royal icing.
I would love to win this book.
What an amazing idea! Great way to personalize a cookie easily. Love that you went to DQ to get ur edible sheet!!
These cookies are so cute!
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This cookbook seems delightful.
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I've never seen anything like those cookies! What a cool technique!
I would love to get my hands on a copy of this book! It looks beautiful!
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Love the cookies!
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Great giveaway, Katrina! These cookies are so beautiful, too!
Your cookies came out fantastic! 🙂 I've never tried this technique before but am looking forward to giving it a try!
Hah the possibilities are endless for these….I'm thinking Mad Libs!
I've been working on stamping too but I never thought to use image paper. So clever.
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Love these! I've had a go at stamping on rice paper and will definitely do it again x
Awesome! I would love to win this amazing piece of art 😉
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Would love to check out her book!
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These are so cute!
Definitely a page-turner! We took a three-hour road trip the day that mine arrived so needless to say, my hubs and I didn't share much conversation because my nose was stuck int his book. The cookies are spectacular, Katrina!!
What a great recipe idea. Thanks for sharing. I have a baby shower to host in a couple of weeks and I am going to use this 🙂
LOVE!
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OMG I seriously love these and the fact that you went to Dairy Queen to get the paper just confirms how much of a genius you are! I'd have never thought of that.
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Love your blog and Sprinkle Bakes!!
Ah!! These are so awesome!! I looove it!
i hope i win. thanks for the chance