You know what? I want more owls =) Unfortunately I have one big problem: I could not get my hands on an owl cookie cutter. Was that going to stop me? Not a chance. Give me an egg cookie cutter, a heart cookie cutter and I give you owls! Here is how to make them:

 

For our cookie dough, we are using our trusted Basic Sugar Cookie recipe (follow the link). Here is how to shape the cookies.

First, cut out some egg shapes:

Then,  using a heart cookie cutter or any round cutter you have on hand, cut a piece off the top of each cookie:

Tadaaa! Owls!!! Bake for 10 minutes until the edges start to turn golden brown:

Now let’s decorate these tiny owls. Here is a link to our trusted Royal Icing recipe (click link to follow).

First, pipe the base layer:

 Then the eyes:

Now have fun with the other details. OK, for this project I went a little nuts and made royal icing in a bunch of colors. Don’t judge me. I just wanted to have options =)  Here is what my dining table looked like around 11pm last night:

The more you play with colors and shapes, the more you’ll come up with new ideas. See the light brown cookie with dark brown tips? Wouldn’t that make a cute fox? OK, file that under future projects.

Anywho, here is what the finished cookies look like:

Happy Baking!!!