One of my favorite holiday traditions is baking and decorating these Christmas cookies with royal icing for all my family and friends, especially as part of a holiday cookie box. follow me to know How to make the best Christmas Cookies Recipe with Perfect taste?.
Some of my other favorite Christmas cookies to include are linzer cookies, chocolate crinkle cookies, soft and chewy ginger cookies, jam-filled thumbprint cookies, peanut butter blossoms, and pecan snowball cookies.
WHAT YOU NEED?
You will need the following ingredients to
make Christmas sugar cookies with royal icing:
- unsalted
butter - I prefer unsalted butter for this
recipe. However, you could also use salted butter, but then leave out the extra
salt in the recipe.
- granulated sugar
- egg
- vanilla extract
- baking powder
- salt
- all-purpose flour
- royal
icing - made with confectioners' sugar, meringue
powder, water, vanilla extract.
- gel
food colouring - optional, if you want to decorate the
cookies with different colours.
Kitchen Tools and Equipment
You will also need the following kitchen tools
and equipment:
- measuring
cups and spoons
- mixing
bowls
- hand
mixer or stand mixer
- rolling
pin
- Christmas
cookie cutters
- half
sheet baking pan and silicone baking mat (or parchment
paper)
- wire
cooling rack
- piping bags with couplers and round piping tips or a squeeze bottle
HOW TO MAKE THE BEST CHRISTMAS SUGAR COOKIES?
- Combine the wet ingredients:
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together using a hand
mixer (or stand mixer) on medium speed until light and fluffy, about
2 minutes. Add egg and vanilla and beat until combined.
- Add dry ingredients:
Turn the mixer to low speed and add baking powder and salt. Gradually add flour
and mix until combined.
- Chill the dough:
Form the dough into a ball and wrap it tightly in plastic cling wrap.
Freeze for 30 minutes or refrigerate until firm (at least 1 hour, up to
overnight).
- Roll the dough and cut out cookies: Remove the dough from refrigerator and let it sit at room temperature for 5-10 minutes. On a lightly floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll the dough out until it is ¼-inch thick.
- Use Christmas cookie cutters to cut out cookie shapes. Transfer the cookies onto a half sheet baking pan lined with parchment paper or a silicone mat, placing them 1-inch apart. Re-roll any scraps and repeat to cut out more cookies.
HOW TO MAKE EASY ROYAL ICING FOR CHRISTMAS SUGAR COOKIES?
Once you have made the Christmas sugar cookies
and allowed them to cool completely, you are ready to start making the royal
icing. Traditionally, royal icing is made with raw egg whites, but you can
actually use meringue powder in place of the egg
whites (as we did) and still get icing that hardens beautifully with the same taste,
texture and consistency as royal icing.
Here is what you need to do:
- Combine ingredients: In a medium mixing bowl, combine confectioners' sugar with meringue powder. Add water and vanilla extract and beat with a hand mixer on medium-high speed, until smooth. If you find that the icing is too thick, add a little water (a teaspoon at a time). If you find the icing too thin, add a little more sugar.
- Add colour: To colour the icing, add gel food colouring. You can also use liquid food colouring, but this will have a slight effect on the consistency of the icing. You may need to add a little more sugar to get the consistency right.
HOW TO DECORATE SUGAR COOKIES WITH ROYAL ICING?
- Outline the base color on the sugar cookie, leaving about ⅛-inch from the edge. This is called
"dam". You can use a fine round tip or a larger one, depending on how
defined you want the edges.
- Fill in the base color using a larger tip. This is called "flood". Allow the base to
dry enough so that when you add icing on top, it won't smudge. It doesn't have
to be fully set, but set enough, about 20-30 minutes.
- Use a fine round tip
to create any small details on top of the base colour, or to create a border around
the cookie.
- Add sprinkles (if using).
HOW TO STORE SUGAR COOKIES
- How to store: Store sugar cookies in a single layer in an airtight
container at room temperature for up to 3 days, or in the refrigerator for
up to one week.
- How to freeze: Sugar cookies freeze beautifully. Store them in
an airtight container, layered in between pieces of parchment paper and
store in the freezer for up to 3 months.
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