Gone Fishin’ Cookies

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This fishing cookies tutorial is courtesy of our contributor Amy of BZ Bees Sweet Treats…There’s no denying that the fishing and fathers go hand in hand. These sweet little trout cookies would be the perfect catch for a Father’s Day treat!

Fishing Cookies

Fishing Cookies

All of the details on these little fishies are done with edible ink markers. There are a wide assortment of brands and sizes available, but I used my Americolor and Yummy Art fine tip markers.

Start by preparing your favorite sugar cookie recipe. My go to is this recipe from In Katrina’s Kitchen. I used the fish cutter from this cookie cutter set.

Fishing Cookies

Fishing Cookies – Tools Needed:

  • White royal icing (piping and flood consistency)
  • Forrest Green royal icing (ping and flood consistency)
  • Yellow, Green, Pink, Brown and Black edible ink markers

Fishing Cookies

Start by outlining the top half of your fish with your green piping icing. Be sure to outline the top fin and all the way around the tail.

Fishing Cookies

Next, outline the bottom half using the white piping icing, including the bottom fins.

Fishing Cookies

Fishing Cookies

Switch over to your green flood consistency icing and draw a line across the center of your cookie. Start where the white and green piping icing meet at the mouth and angle toward the bottom of the tail. Flood the top part of your cookie in green and the bottom in white.

Fishing Cookies

Fishing Cookies

Let this icing dry 5-10 minutes before filling in the fins.

Fishing Cookies

Fill in the fins and add a drop of white for the eye. Allow the cookies to dry overnight.

Fishing Cookies

Using your yellow marker outline the green part of your fish and tail area. Do the same along the bottom of the white section, including the fins.

Fishing Cookies

Fishing Cookies

Next, add some definition lines along the top fin and tail using your green marker.

Fishing Cookies

Using the pink marker, draw a line across the center of your cookie between the green and white sections. Remember this should look somewhat organic, so don’t worry about making perfectly straight even lines.

Fishing Cookies

Fishing Cookies

Use your brown maker to make dots of varying sizes and spacing along the green area of your fish.

Fishing Cookies

I decided to add a little more definition to the tail in brown.

Fishing Cookies

Fill in your eye using the black marker.

Fishing Cookies

Fishing Cookies

Don’t you love how you can create so much added detail with minimal effort? These little cuties are certainly the catch of the day!

If you’re just as excited about these Gone Fishin’ Cookies as I am, but you’re not quite ready to make a batch, be sure to pin this to your favorite cookies recipes board on Pinterest so you can find it again super quick when you are ready! If you make it let us know on social media by tagging MomsandMunchkins as we love to see what our readers make.

We’d like to extend a big THANK YOU to Amy for sharing this creative cookie tutorial with us. Be sure to follow her on Facebook & Instagram for adorable cookie decorating ideas. You can also order cookies from her! Check out the FAQ section of her website for more information.

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