Sugar cookies and the first time working with royal icing

I have never worked with royal icing before. I know I will need a lot of practice, but on a happy note the icing consistency was perfect! The only thing I have to work on is technique. I found a great sugar cookie recipe on Annie’s Eats.

The dough came out really well and it was easy to work with!

The cookies came out well and sturdy after 8 min of baking , any less and they are too soft.

I started icing the cookies completely but then decided to try my hand at piping.

My experimentation with piping, by the way the icing is in a zip lock bag with one tiny corner cut off.

Ella’s White Sugar Cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 ½ t. almond extract
1 t. vanilla
1 t. salt
2 ½ c. sifted flour

Directions:
Cream butter. Add powdered sugar. Blend in egg, almond extract, vanilla, salt and flour. Chill dough until firm. Roll to ¼” thickness on well-floured surface. Cut with cookie cutters. Place on greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375° for 8-10 min. Cookies should not brown. Frost and decorate when cool. Yields ~40 cookies.

I found this royal icing recipe online from http://www.joyofbaking.com/RoyalIcing.html. I used the egg whites and powdered sugar recipe.

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