Hey guys, it’s Ro! Welcome to another Nerdy Nummies!
I got so many requests to make something Warcraft themed, the Warcraft movie just came
out and I have a lot of friends who play Warcraft and World of Warcraft.
I am a huge fan of Blizzard games and I am dressed up as a Gnome!
Which are my favorite playable characters. They are very petite, they’re tinkerers
and they’ve got a Steampunk style!
I feel like if I was a Warcraft character in real life I would be a Gnome!
Today we are gonna be making traditional Warcraft Horde and Alliance themed cookies!
Let’s get started!
The things you will need, will be: 3 cups of all purpose flour, 2 sticks of butter,
1-1/2 cups of sugar, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 1/8 teaspoon of salt,
1 teaspoon of vanilla, and 2 eggs. Then you will also need 4 different colors of royal
icing, I’ve dyed them black, blue, yellow and red. And a circle cookie cutter.
Now let’s put it all together!
The recipe that we’re using today is an adaptation from my lemon sugar cookie recipe
from the Nerdy Nummies Cookbook. The first thing that we’re gonna do is we’re gonna
combine our dry ingredients into this bowl. We’re gonna add our flour, salt and
baking powder. Then we’re gonna whisk it together until it’s well combined.
Next we’re gonna cream together our butter and sugar into a big mixing bowl.
So I’m gonna put in my butter, add your sugar, now I’m gonna mix together
until our mixture is light and fluffy. I’m using my Wiz-o-Matic 5000!
Or you can use a hand mixer, whatever you got!
It’s light and fluffy, now we’re gonna add our eggs.
We’re gonna add them 1 at a time, add the egg, mix it up, scrape down,
then add your second egg, mix it up and scrape down again.
Then add your vanilla extract and mix it up 1 more time!
Our wet ingredients are all mixed up and now we are gonna pour in all
of our dry ingredients. And now we’re gonna mix it together, but you want to make
sure it’s on a low speed, otherwise you’ll get a big dust cloud!
Our cookie dough is mixed and it’s ready to chill, we’re gonna wrap it up in
plastic wrap. Now I’m gonna put this into the fridge and let it chill for about 2 hours.
Our dough has sat in the fridge, it’s chilled, and now it’s ready to roll out.
We’re gonna unwrap our dough…. Yes!
We’re gonna take a little bit of flour, sprinkle it on top of our work surface
so that the dough doesn’t stick. And I’m going to be cutting my dough in 1/2
and rolling it out 1/2 at a time so it’s a little bit easier to work with!
Sprinkle a little flour on top, and on your rolling pin, and get to rolling!
We’re gonna roll it out about 1/4 inch thick.
Now we’re gonna cut out our cookies, take your circle cookie cutter, and cut out
as many as you can. Remove your excess dough. I’m gonna place these on a baking
sheet lined with parchment paper, this recipe doesn’t spread very much, it
really holds shape, so you can put these cookies pretty close.
Once you’ve got your cookies on the tray, we are gonna bake them, you’re gonna heat
your oven to 350 degrees and bake for about 12-14 minutes.
While the oven is pre-heating, this part is totally optional, but I’m gonna pop
these cookies in the freezer to help hold their shape while they bake.
While our cookies are baking, we are going to make some decoration details,
These take a long time to set, so if you want to make these the night before,
you can do that, they take anywhere from 8-12 hours. You want to let them sit at room temperature.
Here I’ve made 2 templates in photoshop, 1 is a bunch of Horde symbols, and
1 is a bunch of Alliance symbols, I’ll put a link down below so if you want to use
these templates that I’ve made, you can!
Or if you’d like to make your own you can do that as well.
I placed the piece of paper down on top of a cutting board, so I could move it around
if I needed to, and then you’re gonna place a piece of wax paper, right on top.
And tape it down!
I’m gonna start by piping the Horde symbol first, and again, I’m using royal icing
that I’ve dyed red, I’ve just placed it into a plastic baggie with a number 2 tip.
When you're piping htese, Just take your time, I like to pipe the outside of the outline first and then fill
it in. Then move the icing around with a little toothpick.
Got all of our Horde Designs done, and now I’m gonna set these off to the side
because I don’t want to bump them while I’m piping the Alliance.
That’s the worst thing! When you’ve piped all your cute designs and you bump ‘em
with your elbow….
I’ve done that…..
To pipe our alliance symbols, I’m gonna be using the yellow royal icing, and again,
I’m using a number 2 tip. I’m gonna be tracing and filling in all of the white parts
of the design. Once you’re done we’re gonna let these sit out at room temperature,
not in the refrigerator, just at room temperature for 8-12 hours to completely dry.
While our designs are drying we are gonna ice our cookies.
Our cookies are fresh out of the oven, I’ve given them plenty of time to cool.
You don’t want to ice your cookies while they’re still warm, otherwise the icing
will goop off, it will just kind of, like, melt.
You don’t want that!
We’re gonna be icing 1/2 of them black, and 1/2 of them blue.
I’m gonna start with the black royal icing, I put it into a plastic baggie with a
number 3 tip. Little bit bigger this time.
And we’re gonna pipe an outline, all the way around the cookie.
Now for the blue, we’re gonna do the same thing, pipe an outline all the way
around our cookie. Next we are going to flood our cookies.
Flooding is just when you fill in the cookie. So I like to make zig-zags,
I go back and forth. Then I'm gonna take a toothpick to just smooth out the icing.
Then you’re gonna do this to the rest of your cookies!
Once you’ve iced all of your cookies we’re gonna let them sit out for about 10-20
minutes to set. Final step, it is time to assemble our cookies!
I’m going to be placing our red Horde designs on top of our black cookies.
And, our Alliance designs on top of our blue cookies!
Over here I’ve got our designs, they have dried, what I like to do is take a pair of
scissors, cut them out, don’t bend them, and then with 1 of the shapes I’m gonna
very carefully, I like to get down here.
Get even shorter!
Using the edge of the table to gently remove the design from the wax paper.
And I’m gonna be using a sharp cutting knife, like this, to catch it.
Gently pick it up and place it on top of your cookie.
If you don’t want to deal with a sharp cutting knife you can use a small off-set spatula,
You gotta go really fast, you press down your spatula, and shoot it underneath!
It’s real fast, like a ninja!
Lift, and transfer!
Last detail, I almost forgot, we’re gonna pipe the Lion’s little nose!
Over here I’ve switched to a number 1 tip, just a little triangle right there,
and we’re gonna do this to the rest of our cookies.
Ta-da!
Here are the traditional Warcraft Horde and Alliance themed cookies that we made today!
Whether you are for the Horde! Or for the Alliance!
We’ve got some yummy treats! And a big thank you to you guys for suggesting something
Warcraft themed, these were very fun and easy to make!
I’ll be taking lots of pictures of these cookies and posting them on Facebook,
Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram! And if you guys make any themed Warcraft treats,
please take a picture and send it to me! I love seeing your baking creations,
I just get a big kick out of it. It makes my day!
And, if you have any other ideas for any other Nerdy Nummies, please let me know
leave me a comment down below and I will do my best to make it happen.
Alright, thanks again, bye-bye!