What You’ll Need:
Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe Royal Icing Recipe Reusable or disposable pastry bags An offset spatula, or a paring knife Sprinkles and toppings of your choice
How to Decorate Sugar Cookies:
If you don’t have a piping bag, use a squeeze bottle or create a “cornet,” which involves rolling parchment paper into a cone and snipping the tip to the size of your liking. When it comes time to fill, don’t be tempted to put your entire batch of icing in the pastry bag at once. You should be able to twist the back end of the bag so the icing stays securely inside and doesn’t sneak out the back. You can always refill the bag. And don’t stress too much about achieving perfection, she says: “Be patient and have fun! They’re cookies, so do yourself a favor and don’t take the icing too seriously.” In terms of packing them up, place the cookies in flattened paper muffin cups to keep them separated, and use tissue or crinkle paper as padding, Yee suggests. And though it may seem counterintuitive, load in as many as you can. “The more you can carefully pack into a container and the less that they move, the better,” Hanmer says.
