Christina vs. Royal Icing

Not bad right? This was my second attempt at royal icing and I must say I did so much better than the first time. After some hints from a friend and scouring the internet and reading at least an hours worth of material and watching you tube videos I set out to conquer R.I. I must say I am still no master but these cookies came out pretty darn good, and they taste really good. Like to good to be in my house. I'll be bringing them to work tomorrow. It was a lot to do and I did get a little bored doing it by myself but the outcome was so worth it.

For the cookies I used this recipe from the blog Annie's Eats:

Ingredients:1 cup butter

1 cup powdered sugar

1 egg, beaten

1 ½ t. almond extract1 t. vanilla

1 t. salt

2 ½ c. sifted flour

Directions:Cream butter. Add powdered sugar. Blend in egg, almond extract, vanilla, salt and flour. Chill dough until firm. Roll to ¼” thickness on well-floured surface. Cut with cookie cutters. Place on greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375° for 8-10 min. Cookies should not brown. Frost and decorate when cool. Yields ~40 cookies.Source: passed on to me by family friend Donna

I am happy to say at 26 I have found the sugar cookie recipe. Look no further. This is it. For the R.I. I followed a recipe from my friend Holli's blog Feeding the Big Guy I am not going to post the recipe because its quite long but go check it out. There are also helpful hints. Annie's Eats also has tons of tips and I ended up using a lot of them. Look for more sugar cookies with R.I. every holiday.