O' Harry Potter... so many possibilities

As a children's lit academia nut, of course I adore Harry Potter. I gobbled up every one of the books as they hit the stands, starting way back when in---sheesh, '98 was it? And I've done many a Harry Potter cookie over the years, for the cookie possibilities are many. Gryffindor shields, Hedwig, the Sorting Hat, broomsticks, Potions books, cauldrons, castles, Dementors, wands, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Hagrid, The Daily Prophet, Bertie Bott's... And so, narrowing down my choices to just a few for this post was near impossible. I may add more later, but for now, here are some tips to making Harry's glasses, a lightning bolt and a broomstick.


For the glasses, I used a bikini top cookie cutter. I cut out the others by hand, so I included a pdf HERE for you. If preferred, print the document and cut out the shapes to use as templates. Simply lay the template on rolled out dough and cut out with a knife. Smooth edges with your fingers, bake according to the recipe and let cool completely.

LIGHTNING BOLTS

you will need:*
dough
frosting
lightening cutter or template
1 frosting bag
1 coupler
1 size 4 tip
1 rubber band
yellow frosting color
yellow sanding sugar or sprinkles

*You can find most supplies at any major craft store. For the frosting color, I used Americolor soft gel paste, Egg Yellow.

to decorate lightning bolts:
Prepare a frosting bag fitted with the coupler and size 4 tip and fill with gold colored frosting. Tie closed with a rubber band. Outline lightening shape and let set 15 minutes. Piping yellow frosting back and forth, fill shape completely. Immediately sprinkle yellow sanding sugar generously over lightening bolt and shake off excess. Let dry overnight.



BROOMSTICKS

you will need:*
dough
frosting
broomstick cutter or template
4 frosting bags
4 couplers
5 tips (1 size "2", 2 of size "3," 2 of size "4")
4 rubber bands
yellow, brown and black frosting colors

*You can find most supplies at any major craft store. For the frosting color, I used Americolor soft gel paste, Egg Yellow, Chocolate Brown and Super Black.

to decorate broomsticks:
Prepare 4 colors of frosting: black, brown, light yellow, and gold. Prepare 4 frosting bags and fill with your colors. Black and light yellow should have a "3" tip, brown and gold each a "4" tip. Tie each closed with a rubber band. Outline your broomstick with the black 3 tip as shown. Let set about 15 minutes. Piping back and forth, fill broomstick completely as shown, brown for the handle, gold for the shaft. With the light yellow "3" tip, pipe the straw. Switch tip on the black to size "2." Pipe wood details on top of the handle. Let dry overnight.



HARRY'S GLASSES

you will need:*
dough
frosting
eyeglasses cutter or template
4 frosting bags
4 couplers
4 tips (2 of size "3", 1 of size "4," 1 of size "2")
4 rubber bands
brown, black, light blue and white frosting color

*You can find most supplies at any major craft store. For the frosting color, I used Americolor soft gel pastes, Chocolate Brown, Super Black, Sky Blue and Bright White.

to decorate glasses:
Prepare 4 colors of frosting: black, chocolate brown, light blue and white. Prepare 4 frosting bags and fill with your colors. Black should have a "3" tip, brown and light blue each a "4" tip, white a "2" tip. Outline cookie as shown with black 3 tip. Let set about 15 minutes. Fill frames with brown "4" tip. Fill centers of glasses with light blue. Let centers set well, about 20 minutes. Pipe highlights with white 2 tip on top of blue. Let dry overnight.