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Easter Cookie Ornaments

Avid crafter and baker Stacey Damurjian created these surprisingly easy cookie ornaments with the help of a local bakery, which copied these nostalgic spring-themed designs and pretty patterns onto edible paper.

easter cookie ornament on a tree

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Edible Easter Ornament

To transfer a vintage postcard design onto a cookie, reduce it to 65 percent of its original size on a standard color photocopier. Bring this smaller image to a bakery where it can be reproduced with edible inks on thin, sticker-like sheets of paper made from rice, potatoes, or cornstarch. Instructions: Edible Easter Ornament

Antique Easter Postcard Reproduced on Edible Sugar Cookie Ornament

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Cookie Ornament

Step 1: Roll out store-bought or homemade sugar cookie dough to 1/4 inch thick. For vintage postcard images, cut dough into 3 3/4 x 2 1/2-inch rectangles. Use a cookie cutter to create the egg-shaped cookies. Step 2: Carefully punch holes (for the ribbon) at the top of the raw cookies with a drinking straw. Step 3: While the cookies are baking, cut out the images from the edible paper. Make corresponding ribbon holes in the paper with a hole punch.

sugar cookies with frosting and paper

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Supplies

Let cookies cool, then top them with a thin, even layer of white icing. Peel the edible paper from its backing and gently smooth onto the cookie's surface. Allow the images to set for a few minutes, then pipe pastel-hued frosting along the edges. Dust with edible glitter and thread with thin ribbon to hang from whimsical feather tree centerpieces.

reproduction antique easter postcards

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Reproduction Antique Easter Postcards

Stacey Damurjian found these reproduction and antique 19th-century Easter postcards at flea markets. The vibrant patterns for the egg-shaped cookies came from fabric swatches, but gift wrap or even wallpaper would work as well. Choose designs with bright, contrasting colors for best results.