These cute Christmas Cutters by Sweet Sugarbelle and American Crafts were so fun to decorate! I went with decorating them the classic way Callye of Sweet Sugarbelle did, but you could have fun with the shapes and use them for multiple designs! Also check out the Christmas minis, the shapes are also so adorable!
If you’d like to make them too, I’m sharing all the tools and recipes I used below.
A video showing the decorating process can also be found on YouTube Shorts, Instagram and Pinterest. Please let me know in the comment section if you have any questions, happy to help!
Cookie Recipe
These are sugar cookies; you can find the recipe here. There are other cut-out cookie recipes here.
Royal Icing
You can find my go-to royal icing recipe here. The consistency of icing is key for easy decorating. Click here to see a YouTube video on finding the right icing thickness. You can also find my Complete Guide to Royal Icing Consistency here.
Decorating Items
What you’ll need (These are affiliate links):
- Piping Tips – PME #1.5, PME #2.5, Decorating Tip PME ST50
- Piping Bags
- Tipless Piping Bags
- Couplers
- Gel Colors; Rainbow Dust Strawberry, Rainbow Dust Yellow, Americolor White, Wilton Brown, Wilton Pink, Wilton No-Taste Red, Wilton Black
- Scribe Tool or Toothpicks
- Rainbow Dust Edible-Black Pen
- Dripcolor Edible Black Marker
- White Mini Non-pareils
Decorating Steps
This video on outlining and flooding is a good place to start if you’re new to decorating cookies with royal icing. These cookie decorating basics YouTube videos may also be helpful to get you started.
The video is in fast forward for the sake of time, but if you have any questions about the decorating process, please feel free to ask below!
Thanks so so much to American Crafts for providing these Sweet Sugarbelle Christmas Cutters and Mini Christmas Cutters, I’m honored to be a part of the American Crafts Food Crafting Team!
Happy holiday baking and decorating!
xo,
Marian
p.s. You may also be interested in these:
Christmas Cookie Digital Downloads
JILL K WAGNER says
I love this set! What cutter did you use for the Nutcracker soldier?
marian says
Hi Jill,
The four cookie cutters are from the American Crafts Sweet Sugarbelle Christmas Cookie Cutter Set.
Maria says
Very cute set of cookie cutters! Love the soldier and the red nose reindeer! Also I like, how you always come up with great new ideas! Have a wonderful day! Looking forward every day for your new creations! ML
marian says
Thank you Maria! xo
Kim says
I have learned so much from watching your videos and reading your site. Thank you for sharing your talent with us!! Being new to the cookie world, how do you know which tip to use? It appears you most commonly use the 1.5 tip, is that accurate? Also, when you are outlining and flooding, is that done from the same bag with the same tip? Thank you!
marian says
Thanks Kim! For small to average sized cookies, I love using #1.5-#2 tips, but if I’m working on a larger cookie, the tip size will go up. For the most part, I decorate small to medium sized cookies, and tip #1.5 is definitely my favorite. Often yes, I do outline and flood from the same piping bag, it saves time. I may switch out the tip if I’m flooding a larger area or just have two bags ready with the same icing, different tips. Hope that helps!