Before beginning to decorate your sugar cookies this Christmas season, you'll want to learn how to properly ice them. Christmas Cookie Swap! has a reliable recipe for royal icing and a step-by-step ...

To start, you’ll need an electric mixer of some sort—either a handheld mixer or a stand mixer fitted with the whisk ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The key to making these edible works of art is royal icing, the glossy mix of meringue powder, powdered ...

Decorated cut-out sugar cookies can be stacked in an airtight container with parchment paper between each layer and stored at room temperature for up to one week. It’s best not to freeze decorated ...

To make your Christmas cookies look good, you need to go through the painful process of icing them carefully. Here's a neat trick from The Kitchn: prepare two types of icing (one thicker and one ...

To cover the cookies in a solid sheet of icing, start by positioning the piping tip at least three-eighths of an inch from ...

From the three bakers, we assembled a list of essential decorating tools: small piping tips (including plain, star, and closed star), piping bags (plastic food storage bags or parchment cut into ...

Nov. 24, 2010 — -- It's the perfect year to start a holiday tradition with your family!One of the most popular is baking holiday cookies together Online Answer: Prepwork Some decorations can be ...

America's Test Kitchen compiled 250 recipes and dozens and dozens of detailed baking tips in a new cookbook, "The Perfect Cookie: Your Ultimate Guide to Foolproof Cookies, Brownies & Bars" (2017, ...