Sweet Little Sugar Cookies

I've been making cookies since I was little and I always use the same frosting. It's a buttercream type frosting and I love the taste of it with the cookies. But, it's really difficult to get a smooth surface with buttercream. Many times over the past few months, I've found myself looking at amazing cookies people have made using royal icing. So, last weekend I decided to give it a try. I made these little flower cookies to take to some families in our neighborhood.

I started with a square cookie shape (I used to wonder why, with all the cute cookie cutters shapes available, anyone would want to make a square shaped cookie. But, now I know. It gives you a blank cookie to create whatever design you want).

1. Outline the cookies with piping icing. Let dry.

2. Fill in the cookie with flood icing. Let dry.

3. Pipe the outline of the flower (I didn't trust my freehanding skills, so I actually traced the outline of a flower onto the cookie first, then piped the outline). Let dry.

4. Fill in the flower with flood icing. Let dry.

5. Roughly outline the flower with piping icing.

6. Pipe the green center.

And that's it! Don't they look cute?

It was fun to be creative and come up with my own design rather than using the design of a cookie cutter. I'm really happy with how they turned out, though I'm still not sure how I feel about the taste of royal icing. Next time I try these, I'll experiment with different flavorings to see if I like it any better.



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