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      Title: Dinosaur Cookies
 Categories: Five, Cookies, Novelty
      Yield: 6 cookies

      8 oz Sugar cookie dough
     16 oz Stiff white royal icing;
           - prepared according to pkg
           - instructions
     10 dr Orange sunset gel food color
      6 dr Lemon yellow gel food color
      3 dr Black gel food color

  SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: toothpicks, triceratops-shaped cookie cutter,
  disposable piping bags, #1 round tip, #2 round tip, coupler

  Set the oven @ 325°F/165°C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

  Place the cookie dough between two sheets of parchment paper. With a
  rolling pin, roll out the dough until it is about 1/4" thick. Set the
  rolled dough in the freezer for 15 minutes to firm.

  Cut out cookies with a triceratops-shaped cookie cutter. Place the
  cookies roughly 2" apart on the parchment-lined baking sheet and freeze
  for 5 more minutes. Transfer the cookies and the parchment paper to a
  new baking sheet and bake until the bottoms are just golden brown and
  the centers are no longer doughy, about 15 minutes, rotating the baking
  sheet about halfway through baking.

  Allow the cookies to cool before transferring them to a cooling rack.

  For the base coat, put about 6 ounces of the royal icing in a medium
  bowl. Add 5 drops of orange food color and 2 drops of yellow food color
  and stir with a rubber spatula to combine. Gradually add a teaspoon of
  water at a time until the icing is the consistency of thin yogurt; when
  you scoop some up with a spoon and let it drip back into the bowl, the
  lines should settle out. (Don't add too much water all at once; the
  icing should not be watery or it will run off the edges of the cookies.)
  Cover the bowl with a damp paper towel until ready to use.

  Put 2 ounces of the royal icing in a small bowl. Add a few drops of
  water at a time until the icing is the consistency of thick yogurt.
  Transfer the icing to a disposable piping bag fitted with a coupler and
  a #1 round piping tip.

  For the dark-orange spots on the dinosaurs, put about 3 ounces of the
  royal icing in a medium bowl. Add 5 drops of the orange food color and 1
  drop of yellow and stir with a rubber spatula to combine. Add food color
  as needed until a shade slightly darker than the base coat is achieved.
  Add a few drops of water at a time until the icing is the consistency of
  thick yogurt. Transfer the icing to a disposable piping bag fitted with
  a coupler and a #1 round piping tip.

  For the light-yellow outlines on the dinosaurs, put roughly 3 ounces of
  the white royal icing in a medium bowl. Add 3 drops of the yellow food
  color and stir to combine with a rubber spatula. Add food color as
  needed until a nice pale yellow is achieved. Gradually add a few drops
  of water at a time and mix until the icing is pipeable and slightly
  fluid, like thick yogurt. Transfer the icing to a disposable piping bag
  fitted with a coupler and a #2 round piping tip.

  For the dinosaurs' eyes, put 2 ounces of white royal icing in a small
  bowl. Color the royal icing black by adding 2 to 3 drops of black food
  color. Stir to combine using a rubber spatula, adding a few drops of
  water until a thick yogurt consistency is. Transfer the icing to a
  disposable piping bag fitted with a coupler and a #1 round piping tip.

  Once the cookies have cooled, flip the cookies upside down by holding
  the edge of the cookie. One at a time, dip the top of a cookie into the
  lighter orange base coat icing, moving the cookie slightly to make sure
  the top is coated entirely. The icing should not come up the sides of
  the cookies. Flip the cookie back over and jiggle the cookie slightly to
  help smooth out any lumps. Use a toothpick to pop any air bubbles and
  smooth out the icing. Place on the cooling rack and repeat with the
  remaining cookies until they are all coated.

  Next, while the cookies are still wet, use the dark-orange icing to make
  3 to 4 spots along the back of the triceratops and slightly above the
  legs. Allow the cookies to dry for at least an hour.

  Using the white icing, pipe three small dots at the base of each of the
  two feet. Fill in the triangle shaped points sticking out of the head of
  the dinosaur to create two horns on each. Next pipe another horn on each
  that is the same size directly across from the horn towards the top of
  the head.

  Pipe an eye with the black icing on each, creating a small curved line
  just between the two horns on the triceratops head.

  For the border, pipe the light-yellow icing around the edge of each
  cookie, following the shape of the cookie. Next, pipe details to outline
  the legs, continuing the lines of the legs slightly upwards towards the
  body of the triceratops. Pipe what looks like a fishhook to create the
  mouths, swooping upwards towards the eye.

  Allow the cookies to dry completely before serving.

  RECIPE FROM: https://www.foodnetwork.com

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