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 Royal Icing Sweets Cookie Decorating Kit. If you are creating the cookies and icing on your own, I use medium flood royal icing to both outline and flood the cookies.
Sweets Cookie Cutters
Cookie Cards: Sugar Cookie Decorating Guides
Use my Cookie Cards below as a guide to decorate your Sweets 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 an Ice Cream Cookie with Royal Icing
- Pipe an outline around the middle scoop.
- Following the outline, flood the middle scoop working towards the center.
- Pipe an outline around the cone. Flood the cone.
- Give the cookie a gentle shake by moving it back and forth to even out the royal icing. If needed, use a toothpick or scribe tool to move the icing around on the cookie to fill in any gaps or holes.
- Let the royal icing dry for at least 20 minutes before you add top layers and adjacent sections. You can speed up the drying time of your royal icing by using a small table fan or dehydrator on the lowest setting.
- Pipe an outline around the bottom scoop. Flood the bottom scoop.
- Pipe an outline around the top scoop. Flood the top scoop.
- Pipe diagonal lines going one direction on the bottom part of the cone. Let dry for 20 minutes.
- Pipe diagonal lines going the opposite direction on the bottom part of the cone.
- Outline the top part of the cone.
PRO TIP: By decorating each "scoop" of ice cream separately and allowing them to dry in between, this creates dimension and makes them truly look like multiple scoops of ice cream.
Decorate a Donut Cookie with Royal Icing
- Pipe an outline around the edge of the cookie. Pipe a small circle in the center of the cookie as the donut hole.
- Following the outlines, flood in between the two circles.
- Give the cookie a gentle shake by moving it back and forth to even out the royal icing. If needed, use a toothpick or scribe tool to move the icing around on the cookie to fill in any gaps or holes.
- Let the royal icing dry for at least 20 minutes before you add top layers and adjacent sections. You can speed up the drying time of your royal icing by using a small table fan or dehydrator on the lowest setting.
- Pipe a wavy outline just inside the edge of the cookie and just outside the donut hole circle. Flood in between the two wavy lines.
- Add sprinkles.
PRO TIP: For an alternate design, decorate this circle cookie as a chocolate chip cookie or a sugar cookie with icing and sprinkles.
Decorate a Cupcake Cookie with Royal Icing using the Wet on Wet Technique
- Pipe an outline around the icing top.
- Following the outline, flood the icing working towards the center.
- Give the cookie a gentle shake by moving it back and forth to even out the royal icing. If needed, use a toothpick or scribe tool to move the icing around on the cookie to fill in any gaps or holes.
- Add mini chocolate chips.
- Let the royal icing dry for at least 20 minutes before you add top layers and adjacent sections. You can speed up the drying time of your royal icing by using a small table fan or dehydrator on the lowest setting.
- Pipe an outline around the cupcake liner. Flood the liner.
- While the base layer of royal icing is still wet, pipe the polka dots. Let the polka dots sink into the base layer of royal icing. If needed, use a toothpick or scribe tool to poke each dot down.
- Outline the scallops of the cupcake icing for added definition.
PRO TIP: To achieve a seamlessly smooth wet on wet design, flood the cookie quickly and then add the design while the base layer of royal icing is still wet. This creates a flat design that looks like a background pattern rather than a raised top design on the cookie.
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 Sweets Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing including an Ice Cream, Donut and Cupcake. 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 Buttercream Icing Sweets Sugar Cookie Decorating Tutorial. Learn to decorate the same Sweets cookies with buttercream icing in different designs that can also be translated to royal icing.
