Paint Palette Cookies
Bright and colorful paint palette cookies are super cute and easy to make. Make them for the artist in your life, or just for fun.
Although I own a couple of paint palette cookie cutters both are a little larger than I like. Rather than buying yet another, I used a paring knife to trim a heart. For a cleaner edge try a moon cutter. If you don’t have a heart cutter handy, a circle will work too. Be creative.
You can go a step further use a tiny round cutter for a thumb-hole if you like.
To make these cookies you will need:
- Light brown piping and flood icing
- 20-second icing in the colors of your choice for paint
Begin by outlining and filling the palettes. I kept things simple, but you could use a wood-grain stencil to add a little more detail.
Once the base is partially dry, use 20-second icing to add “paint”. It’s okay to be messy. Real palettes usually are.
Let the cookies dry completely {8-24 hours}. Pipe a paintbrush directly onto the cookie or create a cookie platter by adding paint brush cookies. You can find the cutter I used HERE.
If you like these cookies be sure to check out these other fun art-themed cookies:
- Canvas Cookies with Food Pens via The Decorated Cookie
- Painter’s Palette Cookies via Cookie Crazie
- Art Cookies via Lizy B Bakes
- Artist’s Palette and Paintbrush Cookies via Sweetapolita
Have a great Memorial Day weekend!
Cute!
Hi! How hard does your icing dry and how long should it take? I’ve made your recipe a few times and the drying consistency has been different every time. Thanks!
I’d call it firm bite. It’s not hard. It has a bit of a crunch at first bite but as soon as you reach the cookie
It’s softened by the moisture of the cookie. You might get different textures depending on how much you thin or thicken it, the cookie, your climate or with the addition of other ingredients (glycerine, corn syrup)…there’s a lot of factors. You’ll have to adjust the basic recipe to what works for you. As for drying time…in the desert, I’m usually good after about 6 hours of drying time using a fan. If you live in a humid climate that number can vary greatly. With a little time and practice you’ll find a method that works for you.
Oh so cute! I love ’em so much and wish I wasn’t due w/ my second baby in a week or I’d just have to make some myself! Beautiful Callye 🙂
I Love your work!!!!
So pretty! I love the curve of your brush too. Adorable <3
L.O.V.E. these!!
I love your 20 second icing and use it all the time, but I wonder how yours still looks somewhat shiny after it dries? Mine always looks quite dull when it dries.
Have ya tried using a fan? If not add a little glycerine or corn syrup to your icing 🙂
Using the heart is so smart! I love the tip of the brush!!!
These are so sweet, I just love them!
These are great cookies! I wonder why I’ve never made any yet??
Love the bristles on that brush!!! My little star tips have been sadly neglected ;( Always glad to have a new way for them to come out and play!
(and thanks for the love!! xx )
I’m not a cookie artist by any means of the imagination. But, I view your blog daily and can’t wait to see what you come up with next. I love love love these paint palettes and brushes. I’m a portrait/mural artist (acrylic paint, paper crafting, etc….). Your cookies are amazing…..keep on baking!!!!!
these are fabulous!
i absolutely love these!!
You really are so talented. I love seeing this. There is so much movement in your brush. Swoosh!
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Your post couldn’t have been more timely! I just made some palette cookies for my daughter’s birthday party that was held at an art studio. I used an egg cutter and then made a template to cut out the curved portion of the pallete. For the finger hole, I just used the back of a regular piping tip. It was the perfect size. Your use of a heart cutter was genius! Love the brushes as well.
These cookies are so cute! You are so crazy talented at decorating cookies!!!
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I love the bristles on the brush. How do you achieve that look?
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how many days ahead can you make these without them getting stale? I have a birthday party next Saturday and would have to make these Tuesday so I can decorate on Wednesday. Would they stay fresh if I seal them?