not quite sure how to phrase this.
Has anyone made a cookie sculputre, not the gingerbread house type but things like cookie dough that you can mold and they actualy hold the shape during baking. (not flat pieces) I've seen bowls made from cookie dough but I am not wanting the bowls or the use of gingerbread if I can avoid it. I am wanting to make a treasure chest (curved top) out of other cookie dough but I don't know if any would hold up like the gingerbread.
Would anyone know of a recipe that would be strong enough to do this?
Thanks in advance.
Shyla
I've never done sculpted 3D cookies before but this link might help:
http://www.itsallaboutthecake.com/index.cfm?content_id=8#
Susan Carberry, Its All About The Cake, specializes in 3d cookies and cakes. She teaches 3D cookie creations classes: http://www.cakecamp.com/c_general.shtml maybe you could try to email her with questions.
HTH
not quite sure how to phrase this.
Has anyone made a cookie sculputre, not the gingerbread house type but things like cookie dough that you can mold and they actualy hold the shape during baking. (not flat pieces) I've seen bowls made from cookie dough but I am not wanting the bowls or the use of gingerbread if I can avoid it. I am wanting to make a treasure chest (curved top) out of other cookie dough but I don't know if any would hold up like the gingerbread.
Would anyone know of a recipe that would be strong enough to do this?
Thanks in advance.
Shyla
I have made these, and learned from Susan , my good bud
Honestly, gingerbread is your best bet. A construction grade works best because it is the strongest. btw.. Susan is no longer with the bakery.. and teaching more now. You can reach her at CakeCottage@hotmail.com
Thank you so much ladies. I'll check it out and hope to display it sometime in the future. I have a huge idea that I hope it works.
Thanks a million.
Shyla
I'm looking forward to seeing your pictures shyannAutumn, you do amazing work!!!
Thanks cookie! I just wish I had 1/2 the talent that you and many,many others here have. You can put me to shame.
I have all my things together for play time (cookie making) if I could just get the time to do it. Just to let you know what I am up to I am hoping to build a sea chest (treasure chest) Not many will eat gingerbread so I am going to give the sugar cookie a try first. The gingerbread isn't canned just yet.
Thank you all for your help.
I hope to be able to show something later.
I haven't made 3-d cookies, so I can't say this will actually work, but maybe you could mold the no fail sugar cookie dough (because it doesn't spread) over a loaf pan, or some shaped foil.. something that will work in the oven.. but molded in the shape of the chest top. I hope that makes sense. Then you could cut, and bake, the sides of the chest as you would if you were actually using gingerbread and glue them together with royal icing.
I "think" if the cookie dough is thick enough, it would possibly hold together quite well, if you bake it, and let it cool over the shape you want. Maybe some pvc pipe and foil shaped the way you need, or just foil, or whatever you can think of that's oven safe and will hold its shape.
I hope you were able to make sense of this, and can get it to work for you. I can't wait to see your finished product. I promise, it works in my head! 
Now that I think about it, maybe molding around a loaf pan would work for the bottom of the chest, if you don't want to have to piece it together. You could also maybe make the top by going just part way down a loaf pan. Just a few ideas.
I wish you the best of luck!!!
Holly
This may be too late, but I have a book by Autum Carpenter called Cookie Boxes and Other 3-D Projects. In it she goes through making a treasure chest, but she uses gingerbread. She uses candy molds, and presses the cookie dough in them to get the shape for the sides and then constructs it after baking. To hold the project together she uses 3-D Project glue which looks like it is a combination of piping gell and fondant I haven't made the treasure chest but did a couple of the cookie boxes and I used NFSC for those. They turned out fine, so I think your treaure chest will work as long as you have your pieces thick enough. Let me know if you would like more details .
Melissa
Hi,
I make gingerbread houses every year and have made the construction type gingerbread, leaving the ginger spices out. I've also made chocolate cookie structures doing the same as above and substituting some of the flour with cocoa. It works great for me.
For the glue, I only use royal icing made with merangue powder and find it to be the best choice.
Lastly, I often use disposable aluminum pans to make the pans I want but can't find. They can be easily molded =)
I have the book on 3-D projects from Autumn Carpenter, too. She gives a sturdy sugar cookie recipe that you can use, but I know she recommends the gingerbread. I've done the boxes using a recipe very similar to the NFSC, and they turned out just fine. My advice to you is to try what you want...it's the only way to know if it'll work!
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