Description
You can create these soft sugar cookies with bright royal icing designs. Use flower and butterfly shapes to celebrate the spring season.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons meringue powder
- 6 tablespoons warm water
- Gel food coloring
Instructions
- Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl.
- Mix in the egg and vanilla extract.
- Combine the flour and baking powder with the wet ingredients.
- Chill the dough for 30 minutes.
- Roll the dough to 1/4 inch thickness.
- Cut the dough into spring shapes.
- Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes.
- Cool the cookies on a wire rack.
- Whisk the powdered sugar, meringue powder, and water for the icing.
- Divide the icing and add food coloring.
- Decorate your cooled cookies with the icing.
Notes
- Wait for cookies to cool before you decorate them.
- Keep the icing covered to prevent it from drying.
- Store the finished cookies in a sealed container.
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Calories: 180
Keywords: spring cookies, royal icing, sugar cookies, flower cookies, butterfly cookies