From a flood of icing to a dusting of edible gold, these tips will take your holiday cookies to the next level.
Flood with icing
Using the flooding technique makes this elaborate frosting design a cinch.
Use frosting as glue
You can use frosting to decorate, but as glue, it allows you to make all sorts of 3-D stacked cookie creations.
Make your own sprinkles
For custom cookie creations, make sprinkles at home in every color your heart desires.
Add texture with sprinkles
Sprinkles can add realistic texture to your cookies, emulating everything from pine needles to snow.
Dip into chocolate
Dip whole cookies, or just a corner, into chocolate. They’ll look super luxe and taste amazing too.
Make stained glass
Stained glass (aka melted crushed hard candy) is a super-easy way to make your cookies stand out.
Frost some sandwiches
Even simple drop cookies look fancier when sandwiched with a dollop of frosting.
Roll and slice
Roll icebox cookie dough in crushed nuts, sprinkles or coarse sugar before slicing for a pretty effect.
Swirl it up
With this technique, the decoration is the cookie dough itself. Try it once, and you’ll be hooked.
Stamp the dough
Use rubber stamps, the bottoms of fancy glasses and other materials to stamp designs into your dough.
Go for the gold
Edible gold dust, glitter and even edible gold spray paint will make any cookie look glamorous.
Paint with powdered sugar
Use a doily or piece of lace as a stencil with powdered sugar for a delicate design.
Design with stencils
Use stencils to paint precise designs in royal icing on your cookies. Contrasting colors really pop.
Glaze away
Sometimes a drizzle of glaze is all a cookie needs to look fabulous.
Cut your way to 3-D
Cut shapes out of fondant, candy or Fruit Roll-Ups to give your cookies a 3-D appearance.
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