For the royal ... its shape for just a few seconds before melting into itself. After the border icing has dried for a few minutes, I use the thinned icing to fill in the center of the cookie.

Remove from the oven and cool for at least 30 minutes before icing. Transfer a few tablespoons of the royal icing to a ... around the edges of the heart shaped cookies. Set them aside to dry.

A self-taught artist, she wanted to try it, too. She attempted to create decorated sugar cookies with royal icing. It was messy, time-consuming, and she couldn’t get past the sour taste of the ...

Our favorite sugar cookie ... hold their shape in the heat of the oven and emerge crisp-yet-tender canvases, ready for decorating. We love this Easy Sugar Cookie Icing (a riff on royal icing ...

While buttercream frosting is creamy and soft, royal icing hardens which is exactly what you want when decorating your child’s birthday cookies with those beautiful butterflies and flowers.