Charlie Brown Cookies

How to Make Charlie Brown Cookies with a How to Video | The Bearfoot Baker

I remember the days when tv’s didn’t come with a remote control and we didn’t have anything digital, HD or 4K. Wait, I take that back, my parents had a remote. It was me! They would make us get up, walk across the room, twist a big knob on the front of the set or we could twist the UHF knob on the bottom for a special channel because that’s what you had to do back then. The worst part was cartoons were only played on Saturday morning because that was considered the “kid time” for tv. We would have to wake up early Saturday morning and watch our shows because, at noonish, they’d show western shows for the rest of the day. That is why we enjoyed playing outside because it was more fun than westerns.

The one thing I remember is the commercials for specials that would show at night. Specials included shows like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman or Charlie Brown. I loved Charlie Brown but never understood why Lucy would move the football every time Charlie Brown wanted to kick it because it was mean.

In case you haven’t heard, a new Charlie Brown movie will be in theaters this Friday. I can’t wait to see it because it’s about a boy I grew up with. I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate so I made some Charlie Brown cookies.

Charlie Brown Cookies - Cute Character Platter | The Bearfoot Baker

These cookies were inspired by The Kim Six Fix’s Charlie Brown and The Peanuts Cupcake Wrapper and Printables. As soon as I saw them I knew cookies would go well with her cupcake wrappers. Now we need to invite some friends over, go to the movie on Friday and come back here to eat Charlie Brown cookies and cupcakes because cookies and cupcakes are a great plan!

Supplies for Charlie Brown Cookies:
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Cookie Cutters:

  • Simple Shaped Sugar Cookies (Recipe) – Round, square or oval work well

Royal Icing

  • Yellow-AmeriColor Lemon Yellow
  • Blue- AmeriColor Sky Blue
  • Dark Blue-AmeriColor Royal Blue
  • Green-AmeriColor Leaf Green
  • Red- AmeriColor Super Red
  • Purple-Wilton Violet
  • Black- AmeriColor Black

Optional:


AmeriMist Airbrush Colors:

  • Charlie Brown-Airbrushed entire cookie with Lemon Yellow and the edges with Copper
  • Linus-Airbrushed all with Tulip Red and the Edges with Warm Brown
  • Peppermint Patty-Edges with Leaf Green
  • Schroeder-Edges with Violet
  • Lucy-Edges with Royal Blue
  • Sally-Edges with Sky Blue

 

How to Make Charlie Brown Cookies | The Bearfoot Baker

  • The first thing you need to do is separate your cookies because they’re all the same shape and you don’t want to get confused.
  • Once you have them organized, outline the Charlie Brown Cookies with yellow royal icing.

Decorated Charlie Brown Cookies | The Bearfoot Baker

  • After the outline dries for a few minutes flood them with the yellow royal icing because we all know Charlie Brown wears a yellow shirt.

Cute Charlie Brown Cookies | The Bearfoot Baker

  • While the yellow royal icing is wet add the black zig-zag line because you want them to dry flat on the cookie.

Easy Charlie Brown Cookies | The Bearfoot Baker

  • It’s starting to look like Charlie Brown now, isn’t it!

How to Make Simple Charlie Brown Cookies | The Bearfoot Baker

  • Flood inside the zig-zag lines with the black royal icing while the yellow is still wet.

How to Make Cute Charlie Brown Cookies | The Bearfoot Baker

  • If you see yellow icing through the black icing, use a toothpick to fill the missed areas because you want the color to look solid.

Time to airbrush!

Airbrushed Charlie Brown Cookies | The Bearfoot Baker

I made a video for you because it makes life easier when you can see things in action and you can see how to decorate the rest of the Peanuts gang.

Charlie Brown Cookies Video

In the video, you may have noticed that I didn’t include a video of me airbrushing all of the cookies because I just airbrush the edges of Lucy, Sally, and Schroeder because these cookies are super simple and a little airbrush on the edge makes them pop. I’ve made a list of all of the colors for you but use whatever you have on hand that will look good.

AmeriMist Airbrush Colors:

  • Charlie Brown-Airbrushed entire cookie with Lemon Yellow and the edges with Copper
  • Linus-Airbrushed entire cookie with Tulip Red and Edges with Warm Brown
  • Peppermint Patty-Edges with Leaf Green
  • Schroeder-Edges with Violet
  • Lucy -Edges with Royal Blue
  • Sally-Edges with Sky Blue

Simple and Fun Charlie Brown Cookies | The Bearfoot Baker

If you get a chance to curl up and watch a Charlie Brown special this season, you may want to make some cookies and cupcakes to make the party complete because cookies and cupcakes make everything better. If you do, please tell Lucy to leave the football there until Charlie Brown kicks it and be thankful for your remote control.

Bear hugs,

Lisa