I used to think my kitchen was cursed. Every time I made royal icing, something went wrong – cracked cookies, bleeding colors, or icing that never quite set right. After ruining countless batches (and ...

There’s something weirdly satisfying about watching royal icing flow across a cookie like shiny sugar lava — right before it dries into a flawless, bakery-level finish. This simple royal icing recipe ...

Ree Drummond’s royal icing is a must-have when it comes to holiday baking. The celebrity chef uses it to decorate everything from Pioneer Woman gingerbread cookies to classic sugar cookies. Best of ...

Much like cake decorating, cookie decorating is a form of edible art. The canvas may be quite small, but the results are often breathtaking. You’ve likely seen examples of delicately piped cookies in ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The key to making these edible works of art is royal icing, the glossy mix of meringue powder, powdered ...

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I like baking sugar cookies. I like eating sugar cookies. But I don’t really like decorating them. It always starts out as a great adventure — buying enough butter to put every Wisconsin dairy cow ...

Here are some ways to make the process less intimidating and more foolproof to turn out flawless cookies that taste like ...