Cookie decorating class to begin July 30

NATCHITOCHES - Northwestern State University's Office of Electronic and Continuing Education will offer a cookie decorating class with royal icing for beginners. The class will start July 30 and continue August 1, 6 and 8 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in NSU's Culinary Arts Building.

The fee for the class is $75 plus a $25 material fee that cover all ingredients needed in the course including cookies prebaked for some class dates, food coloring, paintbrushes, cookie cutters to be shared in the class and a set of three piping tips, a coupler and a reusable piping bag for each student to keep.

This course will teach students basic decorating techniques. They will learn how to make an amazing sugar cookie dough suited for shaped cookies and then explore different royal icing techniques such as dip tie-dye, outlining and flooding with single and multiple colors, and painting on royal icing. Students will be encouraged to express themselves creatively. Students must be at least 14 years old to attend this course.

For more information or to register for NSU non-credit programs, go to checkout.nsula.eduor call (800) 376-2422 or (318) 357-6355. Stay up to date on Northwestern State continuing education classes by following on Facebook at facebook.com/NSULA.ContinuingEducation.