These United by Love cookies were inspired by the Humanae Project by AngĂ©lica Dass. In her photography, Dass challenges how we think about skin color and ethnic identity. She places portraits in front of a Pantone background that matches the subject’s skin tone. In doing so, you start to think about color and race in a new way. We especially love to hear how she describes the variety of skin tones she has in her mixed-race family, “dark chocolate, cinnamon with a pinch of hazel and honey, somewhere between vanilla and strawberry yogurt”. When thinking about all the beautiful colors of skin out there, what is a better way to show that we are all united than with a heart.
Supplies needed for United by Love Cookies:

- Gluten-free Chocolate Cookie recipe
- Royal icing recipe in 6 skin tone colors and black
- Cookie cutters – large and small heart
Steps for making United by Love Cookies:
The fun part of making these cookies is the color mixing for all the different skin tones! First, we started by mixing up 3 icing colors and used those straight out of the bottle without adding additional colors. #3 is straight Americolor Chocolate Brown, #4 is Americolor Blush and #6 is Americolor Ivory. For #2, we used equal parts Americolor Chocolate Brown, Espresso, and Ivory. Next, we used more food color in equal parts of Americolor Chocolate Brown and Espresso to create #1. Finally, #5 is a mixture of Blush and Ivory with a tiny bit of Pro-Gel Strawberry.


Once you have mixed up the skin tone colors and a black pipe consistency icing, you can begin decorating.




Now, mix it up using different skin tones for the left and right hands:
