Better Basics for Exceptional Cookies DVD
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Description
Ready to push yourself to perfection and master basic design techniques? Cookie artist Stephanie Kappel breaks down a variety of essential decorating techniques to elevate your cookie-decorating execution. Master skills such as piping and flooding, then pipe smooth lines, dots and writing to create flawless works of edible art. With Stephanie’s step-by-step guidance, you’ll be decorating perfectly precise cookies in a snap!
NOTE: Any PDF materials associated with this class are not provided with the DVD-only purchase. You must have streaming access to download those materials. To purchase the combination DVD + Streaming form of this class, click here.
Class Sessions
Meet cookie artist Stephanie Kappel and get started as she shares the five top considerations for great cookie design. You’ll be able to apply these techniques to make clean, polished cookies, no matter your skill level!
Mastering Icing Consistencies (30:26)
Discover how to make perfect royal icing in any climate! Stephanie shares the five icing consistencies that will immediately improve your decorating. She’ll even show you how to analyze and adjust your consistencies to achieve the clean, flawless results your cookie dreams are made of.
Perfect Piping (31:30)
In this lesson, Stephanie shares her four keys to achieving perfectly piped lines: pressure, height, aligning speed and pressure, and piping order.
Fabulous Flooding (30:52)
Find out how to use each of Stephanie’s three flood consistencies to design efficiently and accurately. And, tackle some of the most common flood icing issues; you’ll never have underfilled cookies again!
Designing With Dots (21:42)
Stephanie reveals her secret to making flawless dots, big and small. See how to use them in your designs to create movement, shapes, texture and more!
Writing With Confidence (27:57)
Finally, try your hand at writing, from cursive to print, big or small. You’ll start by conquering your own handwriting before working your way through a variety of different styles. The choices are endless, so have fun with them!
Your Instructor
Stephanie Kappel is the owner of The Hungry Hippopotamus, a hand-decorated cookie business and the perfect fusion of her technical expertise, artistic expression and visible affection. Stephanie has taught her techniques all over the world, from art conventions such as CookieCon to Cookie’sCool, Europe’s first cookie decorating event. Her work has been featured on TV programs such as “ABC Action News” and in publications including American Cake Decorating, Southern Living and more.
FAQ
Your class DVD will be shipped in the mail using the address you provide at checkout. You will not have streaming access to this class in your Craftsy Account unless you purchase(d) it separately. If you’d like to own this class in BOTH on-demand streaming form and DVD, we recommend you purchase that combination item on Craftsy.com.
Will the companion materials come with my DVD class?
Any downloadable class PDF materials are not included on the DVD, so you will not have access to those materials. While the video instruction on your DVD is complete, you must have streaming access to download the PDF materials associated with the class. You can purchase streaming access or a combination DVD + Streaming access on Craftsy.com.
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No, you do not. Every DVD-only class purchased on Craftsy.com includes the physical DVD in the mail. The physical disc(s) are yours to keep forever, with or without a Craftsy membership.
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