How to Decorate Cookies Decorate cookies like a pro with our video and step-by-step guide. Related To: Cookie How To Dessert Baking How To: Decorate Cookies With Royal Icing Tools to Use Royal Icing Start With Outlining Icing Add Food Coloring Outlining Steady Hand Tip Filling in Cookies Adding Solid Colors Cookies With a Solid Color Decorate Toppings And You're Set How To: Decorate Cookies With Royal Icing Make professional-looking decorated cookies at home with just a few tools and a little imagination. Tools to Use These tools make decorating easier: candy sprinkles, mini offset spatula, squirt bottle, piping bag and food coloring. Royal Icing First, let cookies cool completely. Then make royal icing, a mixture of egg whites and confectioners' sugar. Get the Recipe: Royal Icing Start With Outlining Icing For outlining icing add a little extra confectioners' sugar — you want the consistency to be thick like paste. Add Food Coloring Remember, a drop of food coloring goes a long way. Outlining Use a piping bag with a small tip to outline the shape of the cookie. If the icing is too loose, add some more confectioners' sugar. Steady Hand Tip For a solid color, use the squeeze bottle or a spoon to fill in the outlines. This is called "flooding the cookie." Filling in Cookies For a solid color, use the squeeze bottle or a spoon to fill in the outlines. This is called "flooding the cookie." Adding Solid Colors Use a thinner icing for this step, with a soft pudding or gravy consistency. If your icing is too thick, simply add water. Cookies With a Solid Color Let the base color dry a little before decorating. Decorate Use a piping bag to decorate the cookies. Toppings This is the time to add cute candies or sprinkles for decoration. And You're Set Have fun and use your imagination when decorating. More from: 31 Days of Cookies: Holidays 2016 Next Up How-To: Chocolate Cream Puffs 16 Photos 1 Cookie Dough, 5 Recipes 11 Photos Top 36 Holiday Cookie Recipes 36 Photos All-Star Holiday Cookie Recipes 46 Photos How to Make Spritz Cookies 13 Photos Holiday Cookies Outside the Box 56 Photos 10 Recipes to Game-Change the Cookie Swap 10 Photos Traditional Holiday Cookies 39 Photos Tips for Baking Better Cookies 16 Photos Gluten-Free Cookies 13 Photos We Recommend Throw a Cookie Party Gluten-Free Cookies 13 Photos Traditional Holiday Cookies 39 Photos Best Cookie Recipes 25 Photos Holiday Cookies Outside the Box 56 Photos How to Make Spritz Cookies 13 Photos
