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 ...

1/2 cup whole milk, plus more as needed 2 tablespoons corn syrup 1. Put the sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer. Heat the butter and milk in a saucepan until the milk is hot and steaming; the ...

Equipment: Click here for tips and hardware needed to use the icing. Mix ingredients: Starting on slow speed, combine the sifted sugar with all other ingredients into a mixing bowl fitted with the ...

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 ...

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 ...

A lovely cookie, personalized with royal icing, is a detail your guests won't soon forget. Technique tip: I won't lie, this recipe takes practice and it's not as easy as it looks. I suggest trying ...

Vallery Lomas shares her festive dessert recipe. "The Great American Baking Show" winner Vallery Lomas joined "Good Morning America" with a festive thumbprint cookie to add to the 12 Days of Christmas ...

America's Test Kitchen compiled 250 recipes and dozens and dozens of detailed baking tips in a new cookbook, "The Perfect Cookie: Your Ultimate Guide to Foolproof Cookies, Brownies & Bars" (2017, ...

Follow baking directions for sugar cookie recipe to turn out round cookies. On cooled cookies, draw a "snow puddle" with white cookie icing. Draw the outline of the puddle and then go back in and fill ...