tutorial how to make superhero cookies step by step

Описание: This easy and fun recipe great for children parties, birthdays and for fans of superheroes. Make this yummy masks of your favorite heroes and eat them too. This is part 1 where we prepare roll out cookies and decorate them like superheroes (in part 2 we decorate cookies as lego movie characters; in part 3 we decorate cookies for mothers day; in part 4 we decorate cookies as Minnie and mickey mouse)
Ingredients:
1. 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
2. 1 1/2 cups sugar
3. 1 egg
4. 1 1/2 teaspoons clear vanilla extract
5. 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
6. 2 3/4 cups plain flour
7. 1 teaspoon baking powder
8. 1 teaspoon salt
9. Ready-to roll icing (or use fondant).
10. Template (can be cut from white paper or from piece of carton or print from computer or buy from party shop)
11. Different sizes round cookie cutters, small star cookie cutter, sharp knife, toothpicks
12. Thick lollipop sticks "Wilton" or use pop sticks
13. Black, red and blue liquid food coloring
14. Black gel food coloring
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180C (350F). In large bowl, beat butter and sugar with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extracts. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to butter mixture 1 cup at a time, mixing after each addition. Do not chill dough. Divide dough into 2 balls. On a floured surface, roll each ball into a circle approximately 0.5cm (1/4 inch) thick. Using the template of the spiderman mask, batman headpiece and large cookie cutter for shield of captain america to cut around biscuits and cut as many as you like.
2. Transfer each biscuit to a baking tray lined with baking paper. Gently twist a lollipop stick or pop sticks into each biscuit. (It can help to make a hole with a skewer first). Bake biscuits for about 8-11 minutes or until biscuits are lightly browned. Because dough will a little raise, use small sharp knife to make inside of the eye orbits more realistic look like a masks by carefully trim away extra of raised cookie dough while it is still warm and soft.
3. When cool and firm, move to decorate.
4. If using ready-to-roll icing or fondant: sprinkle powdered icing sugar on working surface knead ready-to-roll icing until soften, roll into circle then using same template as for spiderman, batman and large cookie cutter for shield of Capitan America cut with sharp knife around templates. Stick to biscuits with a little of sugar syrup (apply with small brush).
To decorate batman: use black liquid food coloring and apply with brush (or use black gel food coloring thin with clear alcohol like vodka or water or clear vanilla essence and apply with brush).
To decorate spiderman: use a toothpick to outline patterns of spiderman then apply black liquid food coloring and red liquid food coloring. Use black gel food coloring to draw web apply with toothpick.
To decorate shield of captain America: use different sizes of cookie cutters to make patterns of shield, in the middle use small star cookie cutter. Apply red and blue liquid food coloring for the patterns of shield of capitan America.
5. If using royal icing: then pipe the outline and all the patterns of the batman, spiderman and shield follow colors with tinted royal icing. Thin down some royal icing with lemon juice (or water if you prefer) and tint with colors of superheroes, then 'flood' the superheroes cookies until smooth. Do the same for the all patterns. Leave to dry and harden overnight.