Cookie Decorating Techniques

Theme: Fall

Instructor: Pat Ashley

The change of season makes fall a perfect time for delicious and beautifully decorated cookies. In this hands-on class you will learn that, with proper instruction, you can create delectable & charming Fall cookies. Confectionery Artist Pat Ashley will teach multiple techniques for cookie decorating that can be used for any theme or season. No experience is needed and everything is supplied. Just come ready to learn and even bring a friend to share the experience.

In this class you will:
• make special royal icing perfect for decorating
• learn proper coloring of royal icing
• learn easy filling of piping bags
• learn to use a variety of piping tips
• learn to “flood“ with royal icing
• learn wet on wet decorating
• learn dry on flood decorating
• Packaging for favors and gift giving

Skill level: beginner to intermediate

Age requirement: minimum age is 16

Takeaways:
• Royal icing recipe
• Pat Ashley’s Cookie dough recipe
• All cookies you decorate class

Breaks: Students will be given a 30-minute break halfway through the class. We encourage students to bring their own lunch & drink as nearby food establishments are busy during break time.

Cost: $145.00

Photographs - Are permitted, we encourage sharing on social media. However, students sharing class material or step-by-step illustrations will not be permitted in future classes.

Videotaping - Is prohibited.

Due to Covid-19 we have safety requirements:

• A mask is recommended but not required

ARTIST PAT ASHLEY HOWARD

Pat Ashley Howard is a nationally acclaimed confectionery artist best known for her award-winning gingerbread houses. In 2006 she created her first ever gingerbread house and won the annual National Gingerbread House Competition which features hundreds of diehard gingerbread artists yearly.

The following year she won the grand prize again and a third time in 2011. Since then Pat Ashley has made numerous appearances on the Food Network, The Travel Channel, and TLC to name a few. Her creations have been featured many times on Good Morning America, on display for Ripley’s Believe it or Not, and in Cake Masters magazine.

Gingerbread houses and cookie and cupcake decorating are her other passions and she loves sharing and teaching the craft! But when she’s not baking most likely you’ll find her engaging in her other love folding colorful scrapbook paper into boxes and bags creating party favors for friends and family!

Her favorite quote is - When your heart is in your dreams no request is too extreme. - Jiminy Cricket