This flattens the bubbles. Let the cookies cool on a baking sheet for minutes then carefully transfer cookies onto a cooling rack. Be sure to let the cookies cool before decorating with royal icing.
After that you can add other flavorings. It makes for a lovely flavor. Yes, you can use spices. Cinnamon or Cardamom. Sweet Ambs makes her cookie dough using orange and cardamom. When using impression tools be sure to omit baking powder in the recipe. It will yield better results without.
I used Silicone SugarVeil Mat. Decorate cookies with festive sprinkles. Mist them with a little bit of water using a small spray bottle. Then sprinkle cookies with decorating sprinkles and bake as usual. Water makes the sprinkles stick better to the cookie dough. Use this recipe to make cut out cookies.
It's a cross between sugar and shortbread cookies. Butter creamed with sugar should be light and creamy in color. In a small dish whisk together egg 1 and vanilla extract 1 tablespoon. Lower the speed of your mixer to low. Gradually in 3 additions add flour mixture. Scrape the bowl well after the last addition and beat on low speed until flour is blended in.
At this stage you'll see chucks of cookie dough. Dust a a large mixing bowl with 1 tbs flour. Scrape the cookie dough into a bowl. Gather dough together. Using your hands knead the cookie dough for about seconds, until dough comes together. Shape into a disk.
Wrap the dough in a plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight or for at least 4 hours. Or speed up the process by placing it into the freeze for 30 minutes to an hour. Quarter the dough. Take one piece and microwave on high for seconds to soften it up a little. Cut up remaining dough into smaller pieces, set aside.
Cut out as many cookies as you can. Gather scraps and to the scraps add a fresh piece of cut up cookie dough you set aside. Re-roll and repeat until you are done with all the cookies. Place the cookies on a light colored baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Chill the cut outs in the fridge for about 10 minutes, or in the freezer for 5. Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks or freeze undecorated cookies between pieces of wax paper in a large freeze safe container, for up to 3 months.
Yes, omit baking powder in the cookie dough for the best results. Cookie made with powdered sugar has a tender crumb. Almond Sugar Cookies — add 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 teaspoon almond extract. Almond cookies pair really nicely with my Fresh lemon royal icing. Spices — you can also add spices to this recipe, try cinnamon, cardamom or pumpkin spice to make them more seasonal.
Make sure to use a room temperature butter when making the dough. If butter is too soft your dough will be softer than normal. I often experienced spreading when I used very soft butter. Properly chill the dough before cutting out shapes. Once you cut out shapes, place them onto the cool baking sheet lined with a parchment paper.
Try not to overcrowd your baking sheet. Transfer the baking sheet with cut out cookies into the fridge and chill for 10 minutes or freeze for 5 minutes.
Bake cookies until the center of the cookie has risen, or until golden brown around the edges if you prefer your cookies this way. I bake my cookies at — F C for minutes. If your oven bakes evenly you can skip this step. Powdered sugar produces cookies with a softer, tender crumb. Or replace 2 tbl of all purpose flour with 2tbl cornstarch, see if that is sufficient for your taste. Your best bet is to store them in a closed pantry that is slightly cool and dry. For long-term storage, we recommend holding off on the frosting part.
However, you can frost them and freeze them for about a month and not have any issues with them. Hey, I'm Jaron and I'm a self-proclaimed food expert and author of this website! I'll be honest with you, I started this website because someone told me I couldn't and I needed to prove them wrong.
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For shipping the cookies, you can order free flat rate shipping boxes from the post office and have them delivered to your door. See this post on how to pack cookies for shipping for a video tutorial on the process. Read my Ultimate Guide To Royal Icing to learn about royal icing consistencies and including troubleshooting tips. Do you have a cookie conundrum?
I can reroll the scraps between waxed paper with no need for flour, and NO mess! This technique allows me to use every scrap. Generally the 3rd roll is for decoy cookies for the family to keep the out of the good ones I need. Hi there! I started using your cookie kits this summer and I love them!
The one problem is that when I do the wet designs, they start to blur after a day. Is there another reason the designs might start blurring? Thank you! Hi Jamie! This post has tips on preventing color bleed. Hi, I noticed the day after I bag my cookies some of them the icing is stuck to the bag and kind of peels off the top layer of icing. Do you know what could cause this?
I purchased the sugar cookie recipe and tried making them for the first time today. After chilling the dough the first time in rectangles, I dusted parchment paper and rolled the dough into sheets.
After chilling the sheets, I cut the cough with the cookie cutters. Should I have used more flour when I rolled them? Any other tips you have are appreciated. Hi Sarah! Or, flip the dough over so that the parchment is on the top and then peel the parchment off and lay it back on the dough to un-stick it. Hello there I just read your tips and tricks about cookies! My problem is my sugar cookies tend to be dry and hard after I take them out of the oven and let them cool down.
How can I prevent this to happen? Would I need to put the cookies in a container with a damp towel? Hi Kayla! This is a common problem with sugar cookies which is why I put agave syrup in my cookie dough to prevent them from drying out. In your blog it says depending on the recipe, cookies should last weeks heat sealed. What ingredient or what is it about the recipe would make the cookies last longer? I would like them to last even longer but they go stale at about 14 days in their poly bags.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts! Hi Amanda! Hey Amanda, Do you usually heat seal one cookie alone or multiple? If you have time, I have a quick question. I want to try embossing my cookies. I have often heard people complain about the rolling pins saying that they lose the embossing during baking. I figure it may be due to their recipe, but I am also wondering if refrigerating and or freezing after cutting and before baking would solve the problem. Any ideas would be gratefully appreciated.
Hi Suzanne! Hi Amber! I bought your orange cardamom cookie recipe and it tasted amazing. However, when I bake them they completely lose their shape, spread out a lot, come out thin, and cracked looking on top.
Thank you. Hi Katelyn! Is it possible to send me a picture? My email is info sweetambs. Not exactly what us cookiers want to hear. Any suggestions would be absolutely lovely!!!
I have bought all airtight containers for my dry ingredients. What am I doing wrong?! Thank you so much. I have found Watkins baking vanilla to be the best flavoring for both my cookies and icing. Make sure it says baking vanilla and not pure vanilla. I have tried every kind of vanilla on the market from very expensive to imitation to everything in between.
You can find Watkins at Walmart. I have also found adding butter extract does give cookies a perfume taste so I never use that. Hope this helps. Hi Krissy! Could it be the soap that you use to clean your tools? Some dishwashing detergents have a strong scent. Lavender, maybe? For the upcoming holiday I would like to make some cookie sets turkey with all of the feathers etc , I typically decorate, heat seal and freeze cookies, but for the cookie platter, they look better unwrapped…how would you suggest making cookies for orders ahead of time?
Heat seal, and then open each bag and arrange in box when its time to sell? Hi Jennifer! Hi, I have a question on pricing.. A few days ago I got a message from a friend saying that she would like me to make cookies for her wedding coming up this mid October. The cookies shes requesting are pretty simple and im struggling with the pricing.
Pricing cookies is difficult. You have to take into consideration not only the ingredients and supplies, but the time that goes into creating them. I love watching your videos, your cookies are gorgeous! Do you have any tips on making black icing? I keep getting a purple tint, or a grey. Thank you so much, Sarah! So I played around with it a bit for a different flavor.
I found that using wildflower honey harvested locally, mexican vanilla, and cinnamon in place of the cardamon came out REALLY super yummy. The one issue I ran into was that the dough was pretty sticky and I had to keep adding more and more flour to stiffen it. They bake so soft and delicious.
Thank you!!!! That is wonderful to hear!!! Thank you so much for letting me know. Your combination of flavors sounds fantastic! Hi Amber, I just purchased your orange spice cookie recipe when I accidentally thought I was purchasing your sugar cookie recipe. Thank you, Steph. Hi Steph! The Orange Vanilla Spice recipe is the only recipe I have available in the shop, but you can omit the orange and cardamom for a plain cookie. Feel free to email me at info sweetambs.
Thank you for your purchase! Do you recommend sending gingerbread men overseas? Hi Kait! I became a big of yours after my 6 year old daughter kept watching your YouTube SweetAmb cookie channel. She will be so engrossed with your cookie decorating and she made for me to do the pool sugar cookie with decoration. I always been afraid t try sugar cookie because of the complexity and accuracy of every single thing because I tried once long ago and I failed.
Your recipe really boosted my confidence and helped me to make the sugar cookie with the decoration. Thank you so much for your help and expertise!! Can I actually leave my wet icing cookie out in the room temperature? I have a question and I hope you can get back to me. I love this recipe!!
This is the only sugar cookie recipe my very picky son will eat. Here is my problem: i make the cookies and everything goes great until baking. I bake at the recommended time and temperature. The cookie bakes on top but the bottom feels soft and raw. I have lowered the temp and raised the baking time. I have made the cookies thinner. No idea what I could be doing wrong. Please help! Thanks you! Hi Catherine! I had a response written and I realized I was addressing the opposite problem!
Also, I use aluminum sheet trays with parchment paper to bake my cookies. What about using ziplock bags instead of the heat sealer? I am just trying tk make some cookies last about 1. It doesnt look like thhe heat sealer sucks out air first? Hi there, I am wondering the same, did you try the ziplock? Did it work? I was looking through the questions hoping for an answer. Hi Amber.
I just bought your recipe and the amount of dough is a bit much for me.. Hi Nadine! Can you freeze whole without cutting into shapes? I usually cut and freeze as you do but am waiting for ordered cookie cutters.
Thanks so much for this information. Always good to have a refresher. My family loves your recipe. I use it all the time. I hope I can take another one of your classes. Made my first trial batch of orange vanilla spice cookies. They are delicious. My favorite ever cookie recipe. I also decorated them as beach scenes, waiting for them to dry, I ate 2! Will be preparing about plus cookies for my daughters wedding.
So happy we came across your recipe. Another month before I will start preparing and freezing the cutout hearts. I read above that you bake and flood your cookies on the same day. I have had issues in the past with butter bleed and started letting the cookies set overnight before flooding.
It would be quicker for me to bake and flood on the same day. Do you have any tips as to why I would have experienced this butter bleeding and how to avoid it in the future. Thank you so much! HI Amber! I definitely want to save time by preparing the dough and cutouts early on. I have a question for you, however. Do you add time to bake the cookies when you take them right from the freezer?
If so, how much? I love your work. Thank you, Sharleen! They should be very light golden brown around the edges and the bottom. I made the dough tonight and it was very sticky. Any suggestions? Hi Patrisha! You have to get the consistency right in order for the icing to dry flat.
Read this post for more! Hi Kelly! Please email info sweetambs. Do you have any issues with colors bleeding when you pack and leave them in cello for a few weeks? How much time do you allow for drying between layering colors? Do you use a dehydrator? Hi Elliza! Or do you put them in containers overnight while they cool?
Then leave them out in the open for at least 8 hours so that the icing can dry completely I leave mine out overnight to make sure they are completely dry. My cookies grow! I want them to be the same size as the cutter. I stopped using baking powder and I still like the texture etc. Could it be a temperature thing?
Dough when malking it or refrigerating the cut out cookies before baking? When they grow they are just too much cookie. Thanks- big fan Greer. Hi Greer! I put the dough in the fridge or freezer to chill after rolling the sheets. Then, after cutting the cookies, I put them back in the fridge or freezer to chill again before baking. Hi Amber Will you be conducting any classes outside the United States?
Thanks Trish. Hi Trish! Is there a reason you will not freeze them frosted? Thanks, Barb. Hi Barb! Freezing or not freezing decorated cookies a matter of personal preference. I would like to order your book. Is your Royal Icing recipe and tips in the book? Love love? Thanks, Holly. Can you share the page where I can get the recipes for your cookies? Hey there! Where can I find an actual recipe for the dough and icing?
Am I just not looking hard enough? Your cookies are beautiful. Happy Holidays? Thank you, Cristy! I used your cookie recipe and doubled the ingredients to make a giant batch. When I finished mixing, I noticed the dough was much drier than previous attempts, so I added enough milk to get the consistency I was used to seeing.
Any advice you could provide would be great! Oh bummer!! Happens to the best of us. I had a couple questions: Do you always use a piping bag tip?
If so what size? Also, how fast does your royal icing tend to start crusting? I find it sometimes difficult to work with larger cookies if flooding the entire cookie then smoothing it out. By the time I get to the end my icing typically starts crusting and it becomes challenging to work with.
Thank you, Amber! If I seal a biscuit in cellophane, do I need it vacuum packed to last the weeks? If I vacuum packed, would it last longer? Hi Angie! Thank you for the lovely tips.. Here is a post on vegan royal icing. Hi, Monique again. I bought your recipe for orange spice cookies thinking it was for plain sugar cookies. Hi Johanna! If the base layer is completely dry and you need to store them for a night or two before finishing, you can put them into an airtight container.
I have a big order of cookies that have to be done by the 13th so my question is how soon can I start decorating them and how long will they be good to eat? And would it also be possible to put two in a bag together? Hi Delilah! I was scrolling through these questions and thought I could help with this one. I use the dough as I would with my regular cutout recipe—cookies keep their shape and taste delicious! When making gluten free cookies, I read that we should use a separate oven than the one you use to make the regular cookies.
Do you do that?? Seems like it would be impossible to make gluten free without cross-contamination. Hi Adriana! A lot of cookie decorators avoid making gluten free cookies for this reason. For people who have celiac disease, the slightest trace of flour can affect them. How do you transfer your raw cookies to a baking sheet?
My last try to date was using a very thin angled spatula. Also how can my cookies dry faster so I can put a second layer? Thanks for all your tips! I freeze my decorated cookies all the time. Here is what you have to do to make sure they do not bleed.
I place my decorated cookie in a cello bag and just tape it shut. I than place all my cookies is a Rubbermaid container, place it in the freezer. By doing this you will not create condensation. Have you successfully done this with cookies that have added sprinkles as decoration? Not a ton, just a few as embellishments here and there. Hi, I made snickerdoodle dough for my elderly mother, so she could take out a few at a time.
My question is, can I roll them in sugar and cinnamon and freeze? Or would she have to roll them in sugar before she bakes them?
Thanks for all the great info! Hi Bridget! The rose petals are made of fondant! That video tutorial comes with my set of 20 lessons which are available in my shop. Hi Robin! Are you using royal icing? This might be too late, but I use coffee filters when boxing up cookies not packaged in cello bags. It sounds odd, but it actually makes for a pretty nice presentation when in a window box. Helpful info. Any idea about packing and heat sealing chocolate chip cookies? I am starting at my local farmers market and would also like to make some ahead of time.
Assuming best way is to just do and see what happens???? I also use the poly food grade bags and sealer from Uline. Not an ideal situation but I am in a pinch.
Thank you for any advice! You are truly amazing and I love following your work on Instagram. Do you have this problem as well, or is it just me?? What colors did you use to achieve the icing colors on her dress? My husband cut a small strip of heavyour gauge stainless steel, took my pattern and using a brake in his shop bent and fabricated the cutters with spot welds to hold themy together.
When have one that looks just like our house, his business logo and Skippy John Jones. One quick question…can I freeze the dough to roll-out and bake at a later time? Hi Donna, Yes, absolutely. I freeze mine already rolled out and stack on baking sheets. I am having trouble with my royal icing piping a thin line. I am using a 1 tip and have tried 10 and 15 sec icing. Any thicker and it either did not want to come out the tip or bust it busted a hike in the side of my piping bag.
Any suggestions please help. Thank you!!!! Have you ever put a slice of bread inside your container to make sure they are soft?
Also have you ever rolled your cookie dough in powder sugar? Love your website, Carolyn. Hi Marian, I am a new cookie decorator and I have been reading your posts for a few months now. I just wanted to say thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise to help novice decorators like me expand my skills and increase my confidence!
Your cookies are beautiful and your tutorials are easy to follow. You have been a wonderful resource! Hi Tina, thank you so much for your feedback, I really appreciate it and have fun cookie decorating! Thank for sharing all you cookie decorating knowledge. I also live your illustrated royal icing recipe.
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