How To Decorate Cookies With Icing

For the most basic cookie decorating.

How to decorate cookies with icing. Prepare as many batches of flood icing as needed to decorate your cookies. Add 6-7 tablespoons of water and mix with whisk attachment at medium speed for about 7-10 minutes or until icing looses its sheen. Fill an empty decorating bag with the thinned icing snip about 18 to 14 inch from the tip and loosely pipe the icing on the cookie.

This method serves as a great base for all kinds of embellishments. And dipping cookies is just as easy as it sounds. Do this by using the piping bag filled with icing.

Make a simple buttercream then dye it any color you wish. Add your choice of sprinkles and call it a day. Fill in with the melted frosting use the tip to fill in the edges.

Leave the tip above the cookie about an inch and let the icing drip down rather than putting the tip right on top of the cookie dont hold the bag like a pencil instead put the knot of end between your thumb and index finger and grasp the rest of the bag with your palm. Add water in 1 teaspoon increments stirring between each until desired consistency is reached. Use royal icing to create professional-looking decorated cookies at home with just a few tools and a little imagination.

Line the cookie with the room temperature frosting thats in the piping bag. If your icing ends up shaped like a chocolate kiss gently tap the cookie on the counter to encourage the icing. Mix until the icing is smooth and evenly colored 1 to 2 minutes.

Draw the borders around the cookies with border icing. How to Make Cookies Decorated with Royal Icing First make a batch of the homemade no spread sugar cookies and allow them to cool completely. This technique is known as a dam Next fill in the border a method known as flooding and use a toothpick to blend in any spaces and smooth out the icing.