Kiss those air bubbles GOODBYE!

Air Bubbles.
​The bane of existence of cookiers everywhere.
​This particular cookie has an excessive amount of those pesky little boogers.
So embarrassing (and irritating :/).

There are tons of reasons WHY you may have bubbles in the first place:

* The royal icing was mixed too long and too fast.
* The royal icing is too thin.
* The thinned royal didn't sit long enough to allow the bubbles to surface before trying to use it.

Now that you have bubbles, you are left to your trusty toothpick, Boo-Boo stick, or turkey lacer to try to pop the bubbles before your icing crusts. Let the stabbing begin! Sometimes those bubbles get trapped under your icing for all eternity, leaving that little shadowy scar on the pristine surface on your cookie. I can feel my heart hurting right now.

But do you know that you probably have ONE OF THE BEST bubble poppers in your kitchen right now?  Mine cost $0.99, but it's worth a million!

STOP!  Don't go away!

I know what you're thinking.
This crazy girl is just going to stab those air bubbles just like a toothpick. 
NOPE.      

The trick is to hold the cake tester parallel to the cookie.

Ever so lightly, touch the cake tester to the top of a bubble. 
​Like the tester is giving the icing a little smooch.

Now gently lift the cake tester. By lifting the tool, it breaks the surface tension of the icing and RELEASES THE TRAPPED AIR! The little crater that is left can fill in on its own or you can swirl the icing a little to fill it in.

It works EVERY SINGLE TIME! As with all bubble-popping tricks, timing is key. You have to work ninja-fast. Trying to pop bubbles after your icing has crusted leaves you with a bigger mess.  Trust me. 

Still not convinced?  Check out my not-so-fancy iphone video of the process.

I hope this little trick will help you say GOODBYE! to those irritating bubbles!
Do you have a cool bubble trick too?  Tell me!