Instructions

In this Cantaloupe Cookie design my goal was to replicate net-like peel you see on a real North American Cantaloupe melon.

• Start by flooding a round cookie with light green 15 second consistency royal icing. During this step you can also make the stem. However, this is totally optional and you can skip this detail if you wish. Let the icing dry.
• Then with a tan colored royal icing piping consistency pipe the reticulated peel. Make straight lines. To accentuate the stem I used a green edible marker.

Design shows a cut cantaloupe cut across. 

• I cut out a round cookie and then I trimmed one side with a larger round cutter.
• Start with 15 second consistency light orange royal icing.Then pipe darker orange royal icing (also 15sec. icing) in the center. Let it crust.
• Finish design by piping seeds with yellow, piping consistency royal icing ( or use slightly thinner than piping). Then pipe the net-pattern on the green with tan colored royal icing.

Cantaloupe Cookie design shows a melon cut lengthwise.

• Ice the round cookies with green, make the stem.
• Then use light orange 15 second consistency royal icing Smooth the icing with a needle tool.
• While light orange is still wet add darker orange center, don’t overfill the cookies with icing.
• Use light orange and pipe it across the middle of the dark orange center. This will create a separation between 2 orange sections.Let the icing dry.
• And then finish by piping the seeds and the net pattern, just like in the previous design.

Cantaloupe Slice Cookie

• To create this cookies shape cut a round cookie in half before you bake it.
• Start by piping with green 15 second consistency royal icing. Then use a light orange icing and finish flooding with dark orange. Use a needle to shape and smooth the icing while icing is wet. Let dry.