How to Attach Fondant to a Cookie

Cookies are tasty when eaten while still warm from the oven, but are a visual treat as well when allowed to cool enough to be decorated with frosting. An easy and elegant way to dress up a cookie is to cover it in a fondant type of frosting. Attaching fondant to a cookie is even easier than applying it to a cake; it's pretty much just roll, cut and press. Does this Spark an idea?

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Rolled dough cookies, cut and baked
Fondant
Rolling pin
Cookie cutter
Water, corn syrup or frosting
Kitchen brush, small

Instructions

- 1
  
  Use a rolling pin to roll out commercially prepared or homemade fondant until it is very thin, a bit less than 1/4-inch thick. Cut fondant shapes that match the shape of the cookies by cutting them with the same cutter you used to cut out the cookies.
- 2
  
  Coat the top of the cookie with a little water or corn syrup. Use your kitchen brush to do this so that you can control the amount that is going on the cookie. Alternatively, spread a tiny amount of regular frosting on the top of the cookie. These substances act as glue to hold the fondant in place.
- 3
  
  Align the fondant shape over the cookie shape.
- 4
  
  Press the fondant gently onto the cookie with the palm of the hand. Decorate your cookies further, or serve them with this pretty topping alone.

Tips & Warnings

Tint the fondant for colorful cookies. Knead a coloring agent into the fondant until you have the color you want.
If fondant is sticking to your work surface while you are rolling it out, cast a bit of cornstarch or powdered sugar across the surface.