Beginners Guide to Cookie Decorating
Christmas is a time for family, friends and baking cookies for everyone you know. We all have our favorite cookie recipes that have been passed down by families and friends. I know you have found amazing recipes on Pinterest. Decorating sugar cookies is a little more complicated than baking up a batch of chocolate chip cookies. Don’t get me wrong, chocolate chip cookies are delicious but, aren’t as pretty as decorated sugar cookies. When I began making cookies, I searched the web high and low looking for some kind of beginner guide to cookie decorating, but I never found one.
I wanted to make a guide for those looking for tips and tricks that will help take some of the mystery out of making cookies. I have gathered several posts that I’ve made over the last two years and put them all in one place for you. This list will show you everything from how to roll out sugar cookie dough to how to fix mistakes when decorating cookies. I hope you find something that will help answer your questions.
Beginners Guide to Cookie Decorating
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Recipes:
- Sugar Cookie Recipe
- Gingerbread Cookie Recipe
- Add a Little Drama to Your Cookies– Here’s another great cookie recipe from Sugarbaker’s Cookie Cutter Cookbook.
- Chocolate Roll-Out Cookies Recipe
Royal Icing Recipes
Let’s Learn a Little Bit About Butter:
Roll, Roll, Roll that Dough…
- How to Roll Out Sugar Cookie Dough- Video
- Introducing The New and Amazing Precision Rolling Pin– I don’t think anyone expects a new baker to buy this rolling pin the first time they make cookies, but I’ve got one and I love it. If you become a die-hard baker like me, I wanted you to know what I use to make my cookies.
Tips to Help You With Your Sugar Cookie Dough
- Basic Cookie Decorating Supplies
- Cookie cutters- Some of our favorite tools are cookie cutters and you can get them almost anywhere these days. My suggestion is to look around online and see how people get creative with shapes. Take these turkey cookies for example. You can use a pineapple cookie-cutter, ornament cookie cutter, Santa cookie cutter, or even a dress cookie cutter and turn it into turkey cookies. So when you shop, be creative!
Royal Icing:
Let’s Decorate:
- The Cookie Network How to Outline and Flood Cookies with Royal Icing
- Learn How to Fix a Mistake on a Cookie
Fun Decorating Supplies:
Sprinkles:
I hope my little beginner’s guide to cookie decorating will help you get comfortable decorating cookies. My blog is full of information and I’m updating it every day. If you’ve got questions please ask because I’ll point you in the right cookie direction!
Bear hugs,
LOVED YOUR WEBSITE! Thanks for all the wonderful tips and videos! Just baked your sugar cookie recipe and used cookie cutters for the 1st time. My sis and I made some for Pharmacy Week for work!!!
Love the whole thing, Thanks for sharing your skills so freely! New to decorating and having a blast.
I was wondering which icing bottles you use? We have never decorated cookies like this and my daughters would like to try this year..Thanks!
Hi Laura,
Here is a link to the cute little bottles that got me into the wonderful world of cookie decorating!
http://amzn.to/28Py1eL
If you ever want to know what kind of tools I use you can click the ‘Shop’ link at the top of my page. I try to keep it up to date to make it easier for you all to find things.
Bear hugs,
Lisa
I really love your cookies a lot.
Hi There!
My royal icing always dries in a matte finish. Is there anyway to help it stay glossy?
Hi Lisa,
You can totally make your royal icing dry shiny! Once you decorate your cookies, place them in front of a fan. This is something Sweet Sugarbelle taught us years ago. The fan will dry the top layer quickly and make the icing nice and shiny!
Here’s Sugarbelle’s tutorial about it:
https://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/2011/04/my-1-fan-wfmw/
Have fun baking!
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