Nicole Hopper is a recipe tester and developer based in Birmingham, Alabama. If you ever wondered what the secret is to perfectly frosted cut-out sugar cookies, we’ll fill you in: royal icing. This ...

Ice cookies like a pro with this easy-to-follow recipe and tips from Angie Tucker and Christin Kubasko of Southern Sugar Bakery in Raleigh, North Carolina: The icing (used for the base layer) should ...

Royal icing is the go-to stuff for picture-perfect sugar cookies, because it makes a neat, hard and glossy finish that professional bakers and home chefs love. This icing is rich and thick and may ...

Buttery and lightly sweet, these butter cookies have a crisp and crumbly shortbread texture. One cut out and baked, they're ...

We use two types of this for decorating, one thick and smooth for piping details and edging, and a runnier glossy mixture for ‘flooding’ larger areas. For the basic mixture, place 75ml cold water in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The classic topping for holiday cookies and gingerbread houses, royal icing is easy to make from scratch. Stirring in the final ...

For many of us, gingerbread houses are as much a part of Christmas as decorated trees and candy canes. Whereas some people vary the traditional ski chalet or wood cabin by turning their gingerbread ...