Square Cookies or Biscuits Tutorial

Supplies List:

-ruler
-razor blade
-Tan polymer clay
-pasta machine(square cookies) or clear plastic lid (round cookies).
-Toothbrush
-white acrylic paint
-puff paint in brown/chocolate, red/cherry, white/cream
-brownish orange pastel chalk
-(1)paint brush good crisp flat bristles and, (1) gnarly old weird bristles.
-tooth pic
-plastic icing tips (round for piping)
-Wax paper
-baking pan

How to Make Square Cookies or Biscuits:

1. Bit of tan or light yellow clay kneaded until smooth.
2. Put the clay into the pasta machine and roll out a 1/4 inch thick slab.
3. Use your straight edge guided by a ruler to make nice edges on your clay strip.
4. Use a ruler to measure out 1 inch squares and cut.
5. To scallop the edges- use your toothpic vertically ( hold like you would a pen)
to the sides of the square. Leave space between dimples. Repeat this entirely around the edge.
Use your finger to gently form the "tab" into a soft edged rounded shape.
6. If you are going to use as a charm or pendant, now is the time to insert an eyepin.
7. To add texture to your cookie try using the toothbrush pounced gently across the surface
of the cookie.
8. Using the toothpick add tiny decorative holes around the outside of your biscuit or cookie.
9. Scratch the surface of your brown chalk. Very lightly dust the bottom edges of your cookie.
10. Bake according to the directions on your polymer clay package.
11. Wait until the clay has cooled then you can begin to create chocolate dipped effects, etc.

Fancy Spritz Cookies Tutorial

Supplies List:

-ruler
-razor blade
-Tan polymer clay
-pasta machine(square cookies) or clear plastic lid (round cookies).
-Toothbrush
-white acrylic paint
-puff paint in brown/chocolate, red/cherry, white/cream
-brownish orange pastel chalk
-(1)paint brush good crisp flat bristles and, (1) gnarly old weird bristles.
-tooth pic
-plastic icing tips (round for piping)
-Wax paper
-baking pan

Let's get started:

1. Light tan clay kneaded until smooth.
2. Roll a length of clay into snake about 1 inch diameter.
3. Slice 1/2 inch pieces of clay off and roll into a smooth ball.
4. Place under plastic lid and evenly press down until balls are about 1/4
of an inch thick.
5. Using the piping tip like a thimble, press completly through the center of each
flattened cookie.
6. If you are going to use as a charm or pendant,
now is the time to insert an eyepin.
7. Using a toothpic or other tiny tipped tool, we're going to create a "cookie press"
effect. Begin pressing tiny dimples into the center's sides on an angle
(left/inside to right/outside - pinwheel pattern)
creating a dotted line started at the inside, across the top and down the outside.
Repeat this pinwheel dotted line 3-4 more times around each cookie.
8. Use the crisp straight edged paint brush to soften the "dots" and create a smoother line.
9. Using the toothbrush gently pounce along the sides and top of the cookies to
give them a textured baked look.
10. Scratch the surface of your brown chalk.
Very lightly dust the bottom edges of your cookie.
11. Ok so that renegade paint brush is going to really pull this guy together.
Dry brush white paint for a nice powder sugar effect,
dip tip of said gnarly bristled paint brush into white acrylic paint.
blot off on a paper towel and very lightly pounce that brush around the top of cookie.
12. After the clay has cooled off you can cut loose and make them chocolate dipped, sprinkle "jimmies" on top of them, sparkling bits of "sugar", etc.



TIP. Holiday or theme spritz cookies look great in other colors of clay.
You can usually find cookies with this pattern in red, pink and green with sugar sprinkles during holidays. Embellish with tiny beads, jimmies etc.
they are a darling cookie with an endless amount of design possiblities!

Round Filled Cookies Tutorial

Supplies List:

-ruler
-razor blade
-Tan polymer clay
-pasta machine(square cookies) or clear plastic lid (round cookies).
-Toothbrush
-white acrylic paint
-puff paint in brown/chocolate, red/cherry, white/cream
-brownish orange pastel chalk
-(1)paint brush good crisp flat bristles and, (1) gnarly old weird bristles.
-tooth pic
-plastic icing tips (round for piping)
-Wax paper
-baking pan



1. Bit of tan clay kneaded until smooth. Make a nice fat snake, about 1 inch diamter.
2. Slice 1/2 inch pieces from the snake.


3. Roll each slice into a ball that is smooth with no cracks.
4. Place plastic lid ontop and give an even handed push down.
We want the ball to have flattened out about 1 inch diameter and 1/4 inch thick.


5. Use your plastic piping tip like a thimble, and gently push into the center.
Careful! Don't cut through- only need to make an indent.
Use the back end of the paintbrush brush to tap down that little button.


6. If you are going to use as a charm or pendant,
now is the time to insert an eyepin.
7. Toothbrushes are perfect for creating texture in baked goodies!
Pouncing the tooth brush gently across the top and sides of your little
cookie will add a perfect cookie texture.
8. Now scratch the surface of your brown chalk.
Lightly dust the edges of your cookie with a soft brown color.

9. Bake your batch of cookies according to your polymer clays instructions.
To help your cookies from literally burning their edges-
use a piece of foil wrap to cover while they are in oven.
10. Once your cookies have cooled, we can fill them.
11. I like to use the liquid paint tubes. Their consistancy is easy to work with,
dries glossy, comes in an endless amount of colors, and extremely durable.
12. My two favorite are dark brown for chocolate, red for cherry filling.


TIP This basic cookie looks super cute with scalloped edges.