How to Build a Pyramid From Cookie Dough
A pyramid has a square base and sides that are in the shape of a triangle when viewed vertically. Each of the four base triangles meet at the top of the pyramid and join at a point, the apex, that is directly above the center of the square. How tall the pyramid is depends on the height of the triangles and the size of the square. Constructing a pyramid from baked cookie dough is an entertaining afternoon project. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Cardboard
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Cookie dough
- Flour
- Rolling pin
- Knife
- Baking Sheets, greased
- Oven
- Paper towels
- Royal icing
- Pastry bag and tip
- Cup, plastic, light-weight
Instructions
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Draw a perfect square on the first piece of cardboard. Draw a triangle where each side is the same length as the length of the square. For example, if the square is 10 inches long, the triangle would be 10 inches on each of its three sides.
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Dust flour on a flat working surface and a rolling pin. Roll out the cookie dough to a 1/4 inch thickness. This is thicker than you would normally use for cookies but you want the walls and floor of the triangle to be sturdy and not crumble.
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Place the square on the dough and cut around it. Cut four triangles out of the dough using the cardboard triangle as a guide.
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Grease a cookie sheet. Bake the cookies as the recipe directs. Do not overbake, making the cookies brittle. Remove from the oven and let cool for two or three minutes. Remove the cookies from the cookie sheets and place on paper towels on a flat surface.
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Lay the completely cooled cookie square on a flat plate. Fill the pastry bag with royal icing. Run a 1/2 inch thick line of icing along one edge of the square on the side and edge. Put the first cookie triangle along this edge in the icing. Prop it in place against a cup placed on the square cookie.
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Frost the second edge of the square as you did the first. Put the second cookie along this edge of the square adjacent to the first triangle. The edges of the triangle cookies should meet as they slant upwards until the two pieces touch at the top of each triangle. Where they meet is the apex which is over the center of the square cookie. Prop these two triangles in place using the cup on the square cookie.
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Frost the third edge of the square and set the third cookie triangle in place against the edge of the second triangle. The edges of the second and third triangles should touch as they slant upwards. The three tips of the triangles should all meet. Frost the fourth edge of the square. Hold the three triangles together at the apex where they meet at the top with one hand. Remove the cup with your other hand. Place the fourth triangle in place. Lean the fourth triangle over to meet the other three triangles. Your pyramid is complete.
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Lay a line of icing at the juncture of each triangle against the other.
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Tips & Warnings
The triangles will support each other once the icing dries.
Royal icing dries hard -- but edible -- and keeps the sides and bottom of the pyramid together.
Don't use canned icing or icing in a tube. It doesn't dry hard enough.
Assemble the pyramid before the royal icing dries.
References
- Photo Credit pyramid image by Horticulture from Fotolia.com
