How to Make 3-D Christmas Cookie Boxes (Part 1 - The Bottoms)

Its never too early to start planning your baking for the Christmas holiday season! In this two-part video, I show how to make a special 3-D Christmas cookie box, perfect for a holiday hostess gift, to tote cookies to a cookie swap, or to eat on its own. This video (Part 1) focuses on how to shape, decorate, and assemble the contoured box bottom, using straightforward papering and royal icing appliqué techniques. Part 2, coming in a couple of weeks, shows various ways to decorate the lids.\r
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Royal Icing recipe (with consistency adjustments): \r
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2-D Royal Icing Transfers (Part 1 - The Basics) video: \r
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