https://kitchen3n.com/tags/cookie-decorating/Recent content in Cookie Decorating on Kitchen3NHugoen-usThu, 29 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://kitchen3n.com/posts/2016-12-29-royal-icing/Thu, 29 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://kitchen3n.com/posts/2016-12-29-royal-icing/<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2313" src="https://kitchen3n.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fullsizeoutput_4712.jpeg" alt="Royal Icing" /> I just started decorating with royal icing after all these years. Why have I been torturing myself all these years with confectioner's sugar/milk concoctions that thin too easily, and pipe too painfully?! <img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2309" src="https://kitchen3n.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fullsizeoutput_4718.jpeg" alt="Royal Icing" /> Since royal icing is made with egg whites (I use meringue powder so I don't have to deal with leftover egg yolks), it has a lot of structure from the protein. Pipes wonderfully for borders and outlines and thins easily for flooding. <img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2310" src="https://kitchen3n.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IMG_8357.jpg" alt="Royal Icing" /> I have been a fan of Sana Sodawalla of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sugarbase_/">SugarBase_</a> for a while now. Her gorgeous marbled cookies, whimsical cakes, and informative videos are something to aspire to. Since I've started baking and cake decorating more, I've been creating more content tailored to Instagram. I like how the platforms caters to creatives, offering a very visual space to share our content, with lots of real estate for pictures, and just enough for explanatory text. <img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2311" src="https://kitchen3n.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fullsizeoutput_4713.jpeg" alt="Royal Icing" /> I've created these cookies after watching her technique on marbling sugar cookies. I got the idea for gold splatter after taking a wonderful mommy and me art class I took with a talented <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ilm_est_art/">local artist</a> on paper collages. <img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2312" src="https://kitchen3n.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fullsizeoutput_4711.jpeg" alt="Royal Icing" /> I don't know if I've done justice to Sana's beautiful cookies, but I hope you try your own version at home. My go to recipe for royal frosting below. <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L8vlUdQg34">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L8vlUdQg34</a></p>https://kitchen3n.com/posts/2016-12-09-cutout-sugar-cookies/Fri, 09 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://kitchen3n.com/posts/2016-12-09-cutout-sugar-cookies/<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2300" src="https://kitchen3n.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IMG_3224.jpg" alt="Cutout Sugar Cookies" /> I've learned a lot of things the hard way. Like how filling in eyebrows is not for everyone/every situation. Or that low-rise jeans are super impractical for pretty much every situation, especially picking up your backpack from the ground. Or that frosting should not go on a cake you JUST TOOK OUT OF THE OVEN. <img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2301" src="https://kitchen3n.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fullsizeoutput_43bf.jpeg" alt="Cutout Sugar Cookies" /> This extends to cut out sugar cookies. So many ill formed, mutilated cookies from the process of transferring from the rolling out surface to the cookie sheet. WHY OH WHY didn't someone tell me earlier to just roll them out on a parchment paper and then just remove the scraps from around the shapes?! Would've saved so much grief. <p>So even if you have a great cutout sugar cookie recipe. Even if you already knew to chill the dough before rolling it out. if you take away nothing else from this post, I hope this tip will save you some heartache during this holiday cookie baking season. Happy holidays!!</p>