How to Transfer Patterns on Cookies

Delicious, elegant-looking cookies are a treat to the eyes and the taste buds. Several methods of transferring a pattern from paper to cookie are available. The simple pin prick method is easy to execute and requires only a few household items. According to "The Art of Cookies: Fast and Fun Cookie Decoration," this method is ideal for beginners because of its ease and quickness. Does this Spark an idea?

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Cardstock
Scissors
Sewing needle
Styrofoam block

Instructions

- 1
  
  Draw or print the pattern you want to apply to your cookie on a piece of cardstock.
- 2
  
  Cut out the pattern on the cardstock. Leave at least a 1/4-in. border around the pattern when cutting.
- 3
  
  Place the pattern, ink side up, on the Styrofoam block.
- 4
  
  Poke holes with the sewing needle on the lines of the pattern approximately 1/16 in. apart.
- 5
  
  Place the pierced pattern on top of one piece of rolled cookie dough. Gently apply even pressure on the pattern to transfer the pattern to the dough.
- 6
  
  Remove the pattern from the cookie dough, and bake. The pattern will appear as lines of small dots on the baked cookie.