Decorate Sugar Cookies Just Like the Pros
You can learn to beautifully decorate sugar cookies just like you see on social media and I can teach you how! Whether you like to learn from pictures and text or videos and words, I've got you covered! I have created photo Cookie Cards and a Video Tutorial so that you can choose your method of instruction.
*This tutorial is provided for those that have purchased my annually offered Buttercream Icing Fall Cookie Decorating Kit. If you are creating the cookies and icing on your own, I decorate with American Buttercream.
Autumn Apple Cookie Cutters
Cookie Cards: Sugar Cookie Decorating Guides
Use my Cookie Cards below as a guide to decorate your Autumn Apple sugar cookies. Step by step photos plus written instructions give you all the details that you need to create beautifully decorated sugar cookies of your own.
Decorate a Caramel Apple Cookie
with Buttercream Icing
- Pipe an outline around the edge of the apple.
- Fill in the apple using a back and forth motion, creating horizontal lines of icing.
- Pipe an outline around the stick and fill in using a back and forth motion.
- Pipe a wavy line in the center of the apple and then continue outlining the bottom of the cookie to create the caramel sauce. Fill in using a back and forth motion.
- Add sprinkles to the caramel sauce.
- Pipe an outline around each leaf and fill in using a back and forth motion.
PRO TIP: For an alternate decoration idea on the caramel sauce, pipe candy drizzle lines instead of adding sprinkles.
Decorate an Apple Tree Cookie
with Buttercream Icing
- Pipe a skinny triangle 3/4 of the way up in the center of the cookie for the tree trunk.
- Fill in the trunk using a back and forth motion, creating horizontal lines of icing.
- Pipe branches on either side of the trunk, using the shape of the cookie as a guide. Fill in the branches using a back and forth motion.
- Pipe fluffy swirls of icing randomly on the branches for the leaves.
- Add apples to the leaves using dots of icing or sprinkles.
PRO TIP: There is no rule that says the entire cookie needs to be filled with icing. Sometimes a minimalistic design looks more pleasing to the eye.
Decorate an Apple Pie Cookie
with Buttercream Icing
- Pipe three teardrop outlines in the top center of the pie crust.
- Pipe an outline around the edge of the pie crust.
- Fill in the pie crust using a back and forth motion, creating horizontal lines of icing.
- Pipe an outline around the pie plate and fill in using a back and forth motion.
- Pipe zig zag lines up and down for the wavy crust between the pie plate and the "lid" crust of the pie.
- Pipe fluffy swirls of icing for a dollop of whip cream on top.
PRO TIP: For an alternate design, try decorating the top of this cookie as an apple with a stem and a leaf.
Step by Step Sugar Cookie Decorating VIDEO Tutorial
Visual Learner? Let's Decorate Cookies Together!
Follow along to my step by step video tutorial. Learn how to decorate Autumn Apple Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Icing including a Caramel Apple, Apple Tree and Apple Pie. I break down the decorating process into easy to follow steps and give you helpful tips along the way.
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Want to Learn More?!
Looking for more inspiration? Check out my Royal Icing Autumn Apple Sugar Cookie Decorating Tutorial. Learn to decorate the same Autumn Apple cookies with royal icing in different designs that can also be translated to buttercream icing.
