Valentines Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing
6 Feb 2013
This valentines I thought I would learn how to decorate delicious sugar cookies with a more-professional-looking royal icing technique rather than the regular frosting I usually slather on my cookies in a hurry. Usually I can get my baking to either look good, OR taste good–but I can never quite manage the art of both, so this time I was determined. I usually don’t do a whole lot for valentines, because my little guy was born on it, and I am usually making birthday cakes, and putting up balloons and birthday decorations, but since we’re still a week away, not only do I have the time to learn how to decorate beautiful valentines cookies… but I am still in time to teach you how to do it too! (Beginner to beginner!) I used the LionHouse sugar cookie recipe to make sure they tasted amazing, and kept with a really simple pink and white lace theme, which couldn’t have been easier for my first ever attempt at piping with royal icing! So here are a couple of recipes and tips that might come in handy this valentines:
Ingredients for the cookies: {makes 5-6 dozen}
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup shortening
3 eggs
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp lemon extract
6 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
3 1/2 tsp baking powder
{For the Royal Icing}
4 cups SIFTED powdered sugar
4 Tbsp milk
4 Tbsp light corn syrup
4 drops lemon juice
Feb 06, 2013 @ 23:40:11
Stunning cookies
Feb 07, 2013 @ 14:27:38
Thanks Cookie! You’re so sweet. That means a lot coming from YOU! P.S. I miss you. Come over so we can decorate some valentines cookies together! XOXO