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Cookie Decorating with Royal Icing!
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items Everything you need to know about making sugar cookies, royal icing, and how to decorate them along with all ingredients and tools needed to get the job done. Plus tutorials to help you in the process along the way
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Recipes
Tools
Ingredients
My Fav Cookie Cutters
Tutorials
Learn the ins and outs on how to make a proper cookie to decorate, how to make the icing, and tips and tricks for decorating too!
Preppy Kitchen has the best recipes and tutorials. Here is John's no spread cookie recipe & tutorial video
EASY No Spread Sugar Cookies Recipe
How to make royal icing
Meringue Powder Royal Icing | Simple Recipe!
Another royal icing recipe
How to make the BEST tasting royal icing with meringue powder (step-by-step recipe instructions)
One of my favorite cookiers walking through how to modify your royal icing to get different consistencies for different uses
Step-by-Step Instructions for Royal Icing Consistencies
How to pipe royal icing and about piping bags
Professional Baker Gives Expert Tips on How to Pipe Royal Icing
How to write with royal icing
How To Write Clearly On Your Cookies
How to load a piping bag and flood a cookie correctly
How to Flood a Cookie With Royal Icing by Emma's Sweets
Wet on wet technique basics
Royal Icing Wet on Wet Technique
Recipes
The best cookie recipes & icing recipes for this art form
I like to add a ½ tsp of lemon juice and a ½ tsp of vanilla extract to mine as well. This cuts the sugar flavor and makes for a more complex icing.
My Favorite Royal Icing - Sally's Baking Addiction
When you want your cookies to look crisp and professional, you want to use a “no spread” recipe. This means that the cookies will be the same size and shape as when you cut them out with the cookie cutter. Pro tip, chill your dough before rolling out...
No Spread Sugar Cookies: Recipe for Decorating with Royal Icing
Another sugar cookie roll out recipe option
The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies
Tools
All the tools you need to properly make the dough, icing, and decorate the cookies
An essential tool used to create flat fully flooded cookies, fill small gaps, and poke down points in the icing.
12 pc Scribes
Trays I use to decorate cookies when I am teaching a cookie class! They fit about 6 cookies and are easy to take home. Very sturdy
BIRCHIO 50Pack 14" Heavy Duty Disposable Trays
Piping bags are necessary for icing work! But WOW do these little clamps for the cut/ open icing bags work wonders. The icing crusts with exposure to air so this helps prevent that.
122Pieces Tipless Piping Bags - 12 Inch
When selecting piping bags, you want ones that do not have a plastic “fin” where the seams meet. This fin can interrupt the flow of icing and cause issues.
Prestee 100 Anti Burst Disposable Piping Bags, 12"
A handy tool for scraping icing off of cookies when you mess up, or a plastic alternative to the metal scribe
American Crafts 377347 Craft Supplies, Multi
The ideal baker's best friend! The whisk attachment is perfect for the icing and the paddle is great for the dough!
Artisan® Series 5 Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer with Premium Accessory Pack
A necessary tool for scraping down the dough, icing, and getting icing into piping bags
Best Mother's Day Gift, 11 inch Silicone Spatula
Ingredients
All of what goes into sugar cookies and royal icing
Instead of egg whites, I like to use a shelf stable option that gets the job done! Plus, it is convenient
Wilton Meringue Powder, 4 oz Can
For the best tasting icing and cookies, make sure you use REAL vanialla extract! NOT imitation
Rodelle Gourmet Pure Vanilla Extract, 8 Oz
Whenever possible, use a real lemon for zest or juice in your desserts. The concentrates taste artificial and have additives in them. Lemons do not
Lemon Reg Conventional, 1 Each
When making cookies, use all purpose flour.
365 by Whole Foods Market, All Purpose Flour, 80oz
When making cookies use unsalted butter. This allows you to be able to control the amount of salt your adding to a recipe to get consistent results each time
Organic Valley Unsalted Organic Butter, 16 Oz
Any real egg will do for the dough. Ideally though pull your eggs out and let them come to close to room temperature before using! They are easiest to blend and emulsify at this temperature
365 by Whole Foods Market, Brown Eggs Large, 12ct
Whenever a recipe calls for salt, I use kosher. The reason is is that it's pure salt. Table salt has iodine added to it for your iodine intake and it prevents clumping. However it makes you food have a metallic taste to it.
Morton Coarse Kosher Salt, Non-GMO, 53oz
A necessary ingredient for making the icing smooth and glossy
C&H Premium Cane Powdered Sugar, 4 LB Pack
Fresh ground nutmeg is best, but pre-ground is still pretty potent!
Newman's Own Organic Ground Nutmeg, 2.4 Oz
Whenever you are coloring your icing, you have to be careful how much liquid you add! The more liquid, the thinner the icing. So, when you color your icing you want it to be a gel coloring ideally. These do not affect the consistency like liquid colo...
Wilton 8-Count Gel-Based Icing Colors
My Fav Cookie Cutters
You do not need cookie cutters to make cookies. You can flip over a cup and use that, but if you want fun complex shapes, cookie cutters are a must! Here are some of my favorite shapes and brands
Great spring flower cutters
LILIAO Flowers Cookie Cutter Set - 7 Piece
A classic cone that is versatile and can be turned upside down to make many characters in hats
Ice Cream Cone Metal Cookie Cutter (4 inch)
Cute dino cutters that either can be alive dinos or skeletons!
Dinosaur Cookie Cutters for Kids By Garloy
Cute leaves, on the smaller side though
Fall Leaves 8-Piece Leaf Cookie Cutter Set
A firework or rocket for birthdays or the 4th of july
Foose Firework Cookie Cutter 4.5" – USA
THE coolest Nightmare Before Christmas cutters!! They turn out so realistic and good!
Nightmare Before Christmas Cookie Cutter Set
A wide variety of love themed cutters
17 Pcs Heart Cookie Cutter Set for Valentine's
Super cute and a high quality durable strawberry cutter
Strawberry Cookie Cutter, 3.5" by Ann Clark
A versatile set of christmas and winter themed cutters
Large Christmas Cookie Cutters, 4" Holiday Set