Whether you're a newbie cookie decorator or just want to mix things up this year, you'll love these simple cookie decorating techniques.
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11 Simple Cookie Decorating Techniques for Making Christmas (or any) Cookies!
First, to make decorated sugar cookies, you'll need an excellent cut-out cookie recipe and a foolproof royal icing recipe.
Dip marbling is a little like tie-dying, made by swirling royal icing colors and dipping cookies into the mix. You never know what you'll get, and the results are always stunning!
Made by piping lines of wet icing on top of a base layer of wet icing and dragging a toothpick across, toothpick marbling is a simple way to add cookie magic.
Again, using the wet-on-wet technique, making dots on cookies is as simple as dropping a dot of thinned icing onto a base icing that is still wet. I still love these little polka-dot roofs.
Decorating Cookies with Simple Outlines
Sometimes, super simple is best! No need to thin icing for filling or worry about the correct icing consistency; outline-only cookies make a big impact!
Cut-Out Cookies with a Simple Glaze
If you're in a hurry or just want a simple, elegant look, pour a glaze over your cut-out cookies to finish them with a satin-like sheen.
There's something about putting cookies on a stick that makes them extra special. I think they bring back childhood memories of lollipops, fudgsicles, and popsicles.
Leopard Print Decorated Cookies
Another wet-on-wet icing technique that is super cute incorporated into a Christmas theme!
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Decorating Cookies with Food Coloring "Paint"
Use food coloring as a paint on cookies covered in white icing. It's a fun change from piping and filling...and allows for a different type of artistic flair.
Sanding Sugar on Decorated Cookies
Adding sanding sugar on top of royal icing immediately gives a "frosty" appearance...and blurs a multitude of mistakes.
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Using Store-Bought Icing Decorations for Cookie Decorating
Grab those pre-made icing decorations when you see them in stores. They're the quickest way to make (cute) Ugly Christmas Sweater cookies.
Decorate Christmas Cookies with Food Coloring Pens
Want to decorate cookies with kids and avoid (most of) the mess...and save your sanity? Bake cookies and cover with white royal icing. Once dry, let them go to town with food coloring pens! I am always amazed by kids' creative cookie design ideas!
Most importantly, remember that all people see is a "cute cookie;" they never see your mistakes! I promise!
