Father’s Day Fishing Cookies for Your Amazing Dad

Can you believe it’s almost Father’s Day? Boy oh boy how time flies. It’s okay because I think I have things under control. My sweet grandson helped me design some Father’s Day Fishing Cookies. He drew me a picture with fish, a fishing pole, worms, bobbers, and fishing hooks. I loved it! I knew it would be an amazing cookie platter, but I needed to add a few boots to the platter to make it more realistic. You know how it is when you go fishing and all you catch is an old boot. Well, maybe that’s just me, but they make fun accent cookies for these little fish cookies.

Do you want to make a few Father’s Day Fishing Cookies with me? Let’s do this!

Supply List:

Cookie Cutters:

• Fish Cookie Cutter or Fish Cookie Cutter, or Fish Cookie Cutter
• Fish Cookie Cutter– or Fish Cookie Cutter, or
• Sugarbelle’s Cookie Stick Cookie Cutter– or you can use a square and cut it into skinnier rectangles
• Rectangle Cookie Cutter– I used the large square
• Worm Cookie Cutter (this one has a caterpillar and a worm in the set, or a caterpillar cookie cutter.
• Hook Cookie Cutter is the letter “j” from Sugarbelle’s Alphabet Cookie Cutter Set– If you don’t have the letter “j” you can use a candy cane cookie cutter so don’t stress.
• Bobber Cookie Cutter- Or you can use an ornament cookie cutter.
• Circle Cookie Cutters
• Rain Boot Cookie Cutter

Royal Icing Colors:

Each of my decorating bags contains two ounces of icing and here are the formulas for making them. I used and outline consistency and a flood consistency, but you can use a 15-Second Consistency for each so you don’t have to make two bags of each color. I just feel like I have more control when I use an outline and a flood consistency. You do whatever makes you happy!

• Black– Americolor Super Black– Add as much food gel color as you think you need.
  • Four ounces of royal icing. I used two ounces for outline consistency and two ounces for 15-Second flood consistency.
• White– Americolor Bright White– Add as much food gel as you think you need.
  • Four ounces of royal icing. I used two ounces for outline consistency and two ounces for 15-Second flood consistency.
• Baby Blue Americolor Sky Blue
  • Two drops of Sky Blue into four ounces of royal icing. I used two ounces for outline consistency and two ounces for 15-Second flood consistency.

• Red– The Cookie Countess Royal Red Velvet
  • Sixteen drops of red into four ounces of royal icing. I used two ounces for outline consistency and two ounces for 15-Second flood consistency.
• Lime Green–Americolor Electric Green four drops of lime green into four ounces of royal icing. I used two ounces for outline consistency and two ounces for 15-Second flood consistency
• Yellow– The Cooke Countess Sunshine Yellow. four drops of Sunshine Yellow into four ounces of royal icing. I used two ounces for outline consistency and two ounces for 15-Second flood consistency
• Brown– The Cookie Countess Totally Brown– Brown is sometimes challenging for me because I want the brown I want. And sometimes it takes a little more gel than I expect so I’ve learned how to mix things to make them happen. This color was made by using twenty-two drops of Totally Brown plus two drops of Woodland Brown which was perfect for the four ounces of royal icing for the boot cookies. I used two ounces for outline consistency and two ounces for 15-Second flood consistency

Tip– I always add Americolor Bright White food gel color to my royal icing as I make it. Then, if I need white for my cookies I add a little more as I make the consistencies.

Airbrush System

• The Cookie Countess Airbrush System
• The Cookie Countess Airbrush Colors:
  • Royal Red Velvet- The Cookie Countess Airbrush Color
  • Golden Yellow- The Cookie Countess Airbrush Color

Tools:

• #2 PME Piping Tip
• Food-Safe Tweezers
• Royal Icing Eyes
• Decorating Piping Bags
• Turkey Lacer
• Paintbrush
• Food-Safe Marker

Father’s Day Fishing Cookies Video:

Enjoy the video!

Let’s Decorate Some Worm Cookies!

• Outline the worm cookies with the red outline royal icing.
• Pipe four lines across the neck.
• Fill every other section with the flood royal icing. If you worry about your royal icing sinking as it dries you can pipe a few support lines before you use your flood icing. If you look at the last image of the worm you can see I really filled those sections with the outline icing and it worked well. I didn’t experience any sinking at all. Man, I love the consistency and support we get from outline royal icing.
• Add the royal icing eye transfer when the icing on the head is wet. Or you can wait until the icing on the head dries and add a dot of icing where ever you want the eye. Place the eye on the wet icing and gently press it into place. So you get to decide when you are going to add the eye. You can add it when the flood is wet or add it with a dot of icing after the flood is dry. Both will work so you decide which one will work best for you.

What if you don’t have an outline and flood consistency?

If you are using one consistency such as a 10-15 Second Royal Icing Consistency to decorate the worm cookies, you can outline the worm, the lines on the neck, and the support lines first.  Let them dry for a few minutes until the icing forms a crust. I usually set them in front of a fan to help them dry a bit faster and it’ll help create a shine on your finished cookies so they will be pretty.

• Wait a few minutes and then flood every other section of the worm cookies so they will look separate after they dry.
• While icing on the face is wet add the royal icing eye transfer.
• Let the icing dry for a few minutes and then flood the remaining sections.

Look how cute your little worm cookies are! I know it’s a worm, but I think it’s adorable and we all know they are very necessary when you’re fishing.

Fishing Hooks:

• Before you bake your cookies you may need to trim the cookie dough before baking them so it will look more like a fishing hook. This is Sweet Sugarbelles letter “j” cookie-cutter from her alphabet set and I trimmed off the bottom of the “j” so it would look more like the end of a hook instead of the letter “j.”. If you don’t have Sweet Sugarbelle’s alphabet set you can use an upside-down candy cane cookie cutter because it’s simple and cute. Use it as is or trim it if you’d like. It’s totally up to you.
• Outline the cookie and let it dry for a few minutes.
• Flood the hooks and place the cookie in front of a fan so it will dry with a nice shine.

Fishing Pole Cookies:

Wait! Before you begin I wanted to share how I got my squares and rectangles so straight after they were baked.

We all know that cookies sometimes swell as they bake and there are things we can do to make them flat and have straight edges. Let’s talk about those really fast.

• When you remove your cookies from the oven you can use a fondant smoother to gently press them flat. I have a tutorial I made years ago where you can see how simple it is to get a flat cookie surface. Click here to see Flatten My Cookies and Not My Hair.
• Now you might want to know how to make the edges nice and straight so get ready because here we go! All you need is a Ribbon Grater and a bowl. Place the ribbon grater over the bowl and gently and slowly rub the side back and forth over the ribbon grater to shave the side of the cookie. It’s simple and it works really well for the straight sides on your cookies. If you want to kind of see what I’m talking about I use almost the same technique to Quickly Soften Butter so check it out.
• To make these cookies I used Sugarbelle’s Cookie Stick Cutter and it worked great.
• Next, I grabbed a circle cutter that seemed like a good fit for the pole. I didn’t want it really large, or really small. It needed to be just right. I used it to cut the grooves in the pole cookies and then to cut out circles for the loops to hold the fishing line. The circles fit perfectly so let’s bake the cookies.

Now let’s decorate the fishing pole.

• Outline the rod with the blue royal icing. Let it dry for a few minutes and then fill it with the flood icing.
• Place it in front of a fan to help it dry with a shine.
• Next, outline the rings of the pole with the green royal icing. Let it dry for a few minutes and then fill it with the flood icing.

Now you can leave the cookies outlined and flooded or you can add a little bit of airbrushing. I like it both ways, but if I were decorating with children, I would probably not use the airbrush system. If you want to airbrush I used The Cookie Countess True Blue for the blue part of the pole and The Cookie Countess Gourmet Green for the circles and the reel which is pictured below.

Reel it in guys!

• Begin by outlining and flooding the reel with the lime green royal icing. Place it in front of a fan so it will dry with a nice shine. Let it completely dry before you move onto the next step or you could crush the icing. It needs to be completely dry so be sure to let it dry!
• Place four decorating tips on the reel and gently hold the top as you airbrush around them. I know there are probably a hundred ways to do this so pick a way you like and go for it. If you want to see how I did it be sure to watch the video above.
• Airbrush with The Cookie Countess Gourmet Green Airbrush Color.

• Begin by outlining and flooding the handle of the fishing pole with the red royal icing. Place it in front of a fan so it will dry with a nice shine.
• I made two little dividers by cutting one of the Sugarbelle’s Cookie Stick Cookies in half. You will only need one but it never hurts to have an extra. This piece is in between the blue part of the rod and the red handle.
• Outline and flood it with the green royal icing. Place it in front of a fan to dry.
• Airbrush it with The Cookie Countess Gourmet Green.

Fish Cookies:

• Begin by outlining the fish body with the blue outline royal icing.
• Flood the body with the blue flood icing.
• While the icing is wet use the white icing to make a few lines across the body. Quickly use the turkey lacer to pull through the icing to make a design on the fish.
• While the icing is wet add a 4mm Black Sugar Pearl for the eye or add a dot of black royal icing.
• Use the outline icing to make the tail on the fish. All you need to do is outline the tail and then pipe a line back and forth over the tail area. If you want, you can repeat it and pipe a second layer. I did two on each of my fish and I liked it. But you do whatever makes you happy.
• Place it in front of a fan so it will dry with a nice shine.

Boot Cookies:

• Begin by drawing the pattern on the boot with a food-safe marker.
• Then, pipe a little of the black royal icing in the top of the boot.
• Dip your paintbrush into a little water and paint the black icing until it smooths out a little so it will look like the inside of the boot.
• Next, outline the sole of the boot with the brown royal icing and place it in front of a fan for a few minutes.
• Then, flood the rest of the boot, but try not to cover the outline you piped earlier. Those lines will add some character because all old boots have character.
• Place it in front of a fan so it will dry with a nice shine.
• Airbrush the boot with The Cookie Countess Totally Brown Airbrush Color.

Guess what? You’re done! You did it! Congrats! You now have Father’s Day Cookies!

Father’s Day Fishing Pole Cookies:

I hope you all have an amazing day with your dad and I hope you get a chance to make these Father’s Day Fishing Cookies so you celebrate in Sugar Cookie Style!! Thank you sweet grandson for the picture you drew me and for always being my inspiration.

Bear hugs,