Christmas Cookie Decorating

My mom is famous for her Christmas sugar cookies. This year I assisted with the decorating. We used royal icing for Christmas trees and candy canes.

 Royal Icing Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 c confectioners' sugar
• 2 or 3 tbsp water (depending on what consistency you want)
• 1 tbsp meringue

1. Beat all ingredients together until light and fluffy.

2. Divide frosting into different bowls to that you can make all the colors you need.

3. Put frosting into a piping decorating bag with the tip you choose to use.

4. The cookies, already made, were ready to frost. We began with the Christmas trees. Our trees look like they are covered in snow, so we started by piping the snow with thicker frosting (you can add more confectioners' sugar if your frosting seems too runny).



5. Do the white piping on all the cookies and allow them to harden. It's important that it hardens.

6. Mix up the green frosting. Add some more water because you want to green to be looser, the consistency of paint.

7. Using a food paint brush, flood the inside sections with the green frosting.

8. Before the icing hardens, add sprinkles. They will stick to the green icing, but not the white. And you're done!

9. The candy canes are done similarly. Pipe around the edges of the candy cane, fluid with the thinner frosting. We then piped red zigzags across the canes.

Merry Christmas, friends!!