Had fun making these Saturday for the Superbowl. I baked the sugar cookies in the afternoon and then let them cool completely (about 3 hours) and decorated them into the night. This is the first time I really attempted to decorate pro-style using all my tips, tricks, tools, sprinkles, and color. It was fun! I found the football themed cookie cutter shapes at Gloria's in Culver City and used the recipe on the back. Instead of making the royal icing with egg whites, I picked up meringue powder which made the whole process super quick and easy!
Recipe for Roll-Out Cookies
1 C butter, softened
1 1/2 C superfine white baker's sugar (granulated)
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 3/4 C all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
Preheat oven to 400°F. In mixing bowl, cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extracts. Mix flour, baking powder and salt; add to butter mixture 1 cup at a time, mixing after each addition. Do not chill dough. Divide dough into 2 balls. On a floured surface, roll each ball into a circle approximately 12 in. wide and 1/8 in. thick. Dip cookie cutter in flour before each use. Bake cookies on ungreased cookie sheet 6-7 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned.
*EASY* Royal Icing (from Marthastewart.com)
Makes 2 1/3 cups
1 box confectioners' sugar (1 pound)
5 tablespoons meringue powder
scant 1/2 c water
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine sugar and meringue powder. Mixing on low speed, add a scant 1/2 cup water. For a thinner consistency, usually used for flooding, add more water. A thicker consistency is generally used for outlining and adding details. Mix until icing holds a ribbonlike trail on the surface of the mixture for 5 seconds when you raise the paddle.
Last but most importantly, the TECHNIQUE! Thank you to the brown eyed baker for the detailed photo piece on this that made it fun and approachable. I picked up squeeze bottles (6 pack for $4 at Surfas) and they were the best investment of all the tools I used. Holding them was easy, the tip was exactly the right size for outlining and drawing designs, and I had plenty for edging and flooding colors for my project, although I did use my piping kit just to experiment.
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