Homemade Holidays: Snowy, Sparkly Pine Cone Ornaments.
These Christmas ornaments make for a perfect gift!
Servings: 20 PINE CONES
Ingredients
Frosting Snow
- 3 3/4 cups powdered sugar
- 5 tablespoons meringue powder
- 1/2 cup water
To Finish
- festive ribbon
- 15-20 pine cones
- glitter (I used red green, silver and white)
Instructions
- To make the frosting, combine sugar and meringue powder in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mixing on low-speed, add a scant 1/2 cup water. Mix until icing holds a ribbon-like trail on the surface of the mixture for 5 seconds when you raise the paddle. Add the frosting to a gallon size Ziploc bag (or a piping bag).
- Tie the ribbon around the top of the pine cone to create a loop.
- Snip about 1/8 an inch off one corner of the frosting bag. Place small amounts of frostings all round the pine cones scales. Then, holding the cone over a bowl, spoon fine glitter over the scales. Make sure to sprinkle the glitter over the frosting within a minute or two of frosting, or the frosting with begin to harden.
- Allow the cones to dry one to two hours before hanging on the tree or around the house.