With Christmas just around the corner, it’s time to share a little bit of Christmas character cuteness in a little how-to video of these adorable cookies.
If you’re here for the video, I’ll post it right off the bat, but if you’d like some more details about these, such as recipes, design source, tools and cutters used etc., read on below.
Video – Decorating Christmas Cookies with Royal Icing
Cookie Cutters and Design Source
The cookie cutters are from Wella Cookie Cutter Co.
Christmas Stocking Cookie Cutter
The original licensed designs are by My Cute Doodles.
Cookie Recipe
I used my sugar cookie recipe. You can find it here (just use the sugar cookie recipe, not the strawberry coulis).
Cookie Decorating Basics
Here are some posts which take you through cookie decorating basics:
{Video} Cookie Decorating Tools & How to Fill a Piping Bag
{Video} How to Outline and Flood Cookies with Royal Icing
{Video} How to Dry Cookies Decorated with Royal Icing
Royal Icing
You can find my favorite 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.
Complete Guide to Royal Icing PDF
You can also find my Complete Guide to Royal Icing Consistency here.
Decorating Items
What you’ll need (These are Amazon affiliate links):
- Piping Tips – PME #1.5, PME tip 2.5, PME ST50
- Piping Bags
- Couplers
- Americolor Gel Colors
- Scribe Tool or Toothpicks
Cookie Designs Icing Consistency
All the icing consistencies are medium, except for the green leaves on the Christmas stocking. You can find my Complete Guide to Royal Icing Consistency here.
Have fun making these too! Please feel free to reach out with questions or comments in the comment section below, or you can find me on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube and Twitter.
Happy decorating!
xo,
Marian
Absolutely delightful to watch! Thank you for sharing your incredible talent!!!
Aww thanks so much Melinda! 🙂
Hi Marian,
Very interesting to watch your video. Love the background music. Brings me into the spirit!
Thank you for sharing all your ideas and talents.
ML
Thank you so very much Maria! xo
What did you use to trace the fine detail to the cookie? It looked like a screen of some kind?
Thank you in advance for your response.
RW
Hi Rebecca,
I used a projector. Here is the tutorial; https://sweetopia.net/2022/08/using-the-aaxa-p8-smart-mini-projector-to-decorate-cookies-basic-tutorial-and-review/
Love the christmas cookies u have been shared here… lots of ideas for my coming projects… thank you for the sharing
I’m glad, thanks for commenting!
It looked like you used an app to design the cookie first? Which one was it?
Sorry for the delay, I just saw this. I show everything I use in this post, https://sweetopia.net/2022/08/using-the-aaxa-p8-smart-mini-projector-to-decorate-cookies-basic-tutorial-and-review/