No joke, I’m a dog person. I didn’t realize this until I fell in love with Bailey. Yes, I grew up with Raisin, our family dog. And yes, I’ve always loved my sister’s Golden, Daisy. But man, Bailey just gets me. He’s my buddy while the boys are away at school, he’s my hiking pal, and he’s there snoozing on his pillow while I’m baking. Dare I say he’s my muse? For these Paws, Bones and Dog Cookies he definitely was!

MY DAWG

Bailey inspired three versions of the sugar cookie for this post:

1. Animal Cookies – but forget zoo animals; these are all canine shapes.
2. Bone Cookies – easy to make, and easy to disappear.
3. Sausage Dog Cookies – a tad more complex well worth it.

ANIMAL COOKIES

These canine cutters were just too great to pass up – they made a great animal cookie. After cutting out the shapes and baking the cookie, separately melt white and pink chocolate melts. Make sure you do this over parchment or wax paper to prevent too much dripping, or the cookie sticking to a surface. Add rainbow sprinkles before the chocolate dries.

SAUSAGE DOGS WITH SPRINKLES

I love it when Bailey and I are out hiking and another dog walks by – he simply sits and waits for the dog to approach him to say hello. He’s a gentleman like that. While we haven’t encountered any Dachshunds recently, these sausage dog cutters crack me up.

These cookies are a little more advanced than the other two cookies because they require piping and flooding. After you’ve baked the sugar cookie, let them cool completely before piping the royal icing onto the top of the cookie. Flood, and let dry.

Use edible markers to draw on eyes – open and alert! or closed and passive – and add more icing depending on how you want to top with rainbow sprinkles.

I also cut out squares and paw prints to go with the sausage dog cookies. Add sprinkles or whatever messaging feels right to represent your puppy love.

NO BONES ABOUT IT

Bailey walks around all day with some sort of bone or meaty pig ear in his mouth. It’s his favorite thing to gnaw and paw at for hours. These bone cookie cutters were so dang cute, and easy to whip up and decorate. Great for the kiddos!

Before baking the sugar cookies, add an egg wash all over the top of the cookie. Bathe the cookies in sprinkles – I used vanilla, pink and rainbow. Bake after adding sprinkles.

This post is dedicated to my one and only – ya, Bailey.

OUR FAVES 

• Meri Meri – Cute Canines / Hello Sausage Cookie Cutters
• Americolor – Gourmet Writer Pens
• Ann Clark – Dog Bone Cookie Cutters Set

Photos by: Maria Hedrick Photography

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Dog Cookies 3 Ways

By TheSweetNerd  Cookies

May 30, 2018

Ingredients

Sugar Cookies

3 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 cup sugar

1 large egg

2 teaspoons vanilla

Royal Icing

2 pounds confectioners sugar

5 Tablespoons meringue powder

2-3 teaspoons vanilla extract

1/2 to 3/4 cups warm water

Extras

White chocolate melts

Pink chocolate melts

Americolor edible marker

Directions

Sugar Cookies

1Dries: Whisk flour and salt in a bowl. Set aside.

2Base: In a mixer, cream together butter and sugar. Next, add eggs, and vanilla.

3Gradually, add dries to base just until incorporated. Chill in refrigerator up to one hour. Roll on lightly floured surface. Cut shapes.

4Bake at 350F for 8-10 minutes or until edges are slightly browned.

5Note: When you cut into a shape, chill in freezer to set. Then, transfer directly to hot oven.

Royal Icing

1Add vanilla flavoring into 1/2 cup water and set aside until step 3.

2In the mixer (paddle attachment), gently mix confectioners sugar and meringue powder on low.

3Add 1/2 cup flavored water and mix on low until it is thick and lumpy.

4Now drizzle the remaining water as needed until it becomes a thick like honey consistency.

5At this point, turn mixer on medium speed for 3 minutes or so until icing is thick and fluffy. Stop when it forms a soft peak.

Decorating

1 For the bone shaped cookies, before they bake cover the dough with an egg wash and attach sprinkles before baking.

2For the wiener dog cookies, bake cookies and let cool before then flooding royal icing onto the cookie. For the eyes you can use an edible marker.

3For the animal cookies you need to take the sugar cookies and dip them in melted white or pink chocolate and then dip in sprinkles before the chocolate dries.

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