posted by Lisa Snyder on November 3, 2023

The best way to make candy little turkey face sugar cookies is on the calendar right this moment. These cookies are tremendous easy and an effective way to brighten with the kiddos. They’re additionally nice for coworkers and academics. Or you may make a batch and far on them by way of Thanksgiving. Anyway, they’re simple and oh so cute so let’s get began.

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These are the royal icing colours and consistencies I used for these candy turkey face sugar cookies, however use no matter you might be comfy with and no matter makes you cheerful.

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Benefit from the video!

Let’s embellish!

  • Bake your cookies and allow them to cool utterly earlier than you embellish them. I do know these might appear to be little turkeys, however sugar cookies are approach higher at room temperature with the icing on prime of the cookie and never operating over the perimeters.
  • Whereas they cool you may make your royal icing.
  • Draw the eyes, beak, and gobble wobbly factor (wattle if you need me to be appropriate) with a food-safe marker
Time for the enjoyable half!
  • Now we get to brighten. Start by outlining the elements of the face. 
  • Flood the beak and use a toothpick, turkey lacer, or a scribe software to easy out the icing and pop any air bubbles you see.
  • Let the yellow royal icing dry for a short while earlier than you add the airbrush shade. 

 

  • The beak is the AmeriColor Lemon Yellow, however while you consider a turkey its beak appears to have a little bit orange tint. In case you airbrush it with Outrageously Orange Edible Airbrush Coloration it’s going to give it a pleasant turkey look. In case you don’t have an airbrush system don’t stress. Add a little bit vodka or water to some food-gel shade and thoroughly paint the sides. It really works like a appeal!
  • Subsequent, flood the wattle and pop these air bubbles. 
  • Let it dry for a bit earlier than you add the Royal Purple Velvet Edible Airbrush Coloration
  • You’ll want one thing like a paper towel or a chunk of parchment paper to guard the beak from the purple airbrush spray. You possibly can see how easy that is within the video.
Let’s assist this turkey see the world!

  • Flood one eye with the white royal icing.
  • Add a black royal icing switch or you should utilize black royal icing for the dot.
  • Let the white icing dry till it kinds a crust so the eyes will look separate as an alternative of like one huge eye. I don’t know, one huge eye may look fairly cool. Do no matter makes you cheerful.  
  • After the royal icing on the attention kinds a crust you may flood the opposite eye and add the black dot or royal icing switch.
  • Add a white dot on every of the eyes.
Nearly performed!

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I forgot so as to add the 2 nostrils within the video and everyone knows these cute little turkeys must breathe. Simply pipe two little dots on the beak and also you’re all performed.  Thanks for adorning with me! It was a gobbley good time!

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Bear hugs,

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