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 ...

Grandma's sugar cookies with brown butter icing recipe only makes a dozen cookies, so it's good if you're looking to make a small batch of cookies. The sugar cookie is crisp around the edges and soft ...

I like baking sugar cookies. I like eating sugar cookies. But I don’t really like decorating them. It always starts out as a great adventure — buying enough butter to put every Wisconsin dairy cow ...

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Everyone’s suddenly an artist during the holiday season and the allure of decorating sugar cookies (or trying to, at least) never fades. Seasoned pros and stick-figure drawers alike will appreciate ...