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Decorative Soft Sugar Cookies


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  • Author: Recipe Author
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 12 cookies 1x
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Description

Delicious soft sugar cookies decorated with pink buttercream frosting and chocolate sprinkles.


Ingredients

Scale
  • 12 large Soft sugar cookies (Round cut out shapes, Or flattened molasses crinkle cookies)
  • 4 cups Buttercream frosting (Colored pink with gel food coloring)
  • 3 tbsp Chocolate sprinkles

Instructions

  1. Bake cookies and allow them to cool completely.
  2. While the cookies are baking and cooling, prepare pink frosting.
  3. For rose cookies, fill a piping bag with icing and attach the big star tip (Wilton tip 1M). Hold piping bag at a 90 degree angle in the center of the cookie and gently start squeezing your bag while moving your hand clockwise in a full continuous circle until the entire top is iced and covered and looks like a rose.
  4. For smaller petal cookies, fill a piping bag with icing and attach the petal tip (Wilton tip 101). Hold piping bag at a 45 degree angle along the outer edge of the cookie. Squeeze the bag until icing comes out and pipe inwards towards the center until you have one petal. Continue doing this until you have one full row of petals. Repeat the same process again as you move towards the center and have multiple rows of petals. Toss some chocolate sprinkles in the middle.
  5. For larger petal cookies, fill a piping bag with icing and attach the petal tip (Wilton tip 101). Hold piping bag at a 45 degree angle along the outer edge of the cookie. Squeeze the piping bag until frosting comes out start moving your hand in an oval shape until you have one petal. Continue doing this until you have one full row of petals. Repeat the same process again as you move towards the center and have multiple rows of petals. Toss some chocolate sprinkles in the middle.
  6. For pointed petal cookies, fill a piping bag with icing and attach the leaf tip (Wilton tip 352). Hold piping bag at a 45 degree angle along the outer edge of the cookie. Squeeze the piping bag until frosting comes out and pull away from the center until you have one petal. Continue doing this until you have one full row of petals. Repeat the same process again as you move towards the center and have multiple rows of petals. Toss some chocolate sprinkles in the middle.

Notes

  • Ensure the cookies are completely cooled before applying frosting to avoid melting.
  • You can customize the frosting color as desired.
  • Use different piping tips for varied decoration styles.
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 12-15 minutes
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cookie
  • Calories: 150
  • Sugar: 12g
  • Sodium: 50mg
  • Fat: 7g
  • Saturated Fat: 3g
  • Unsaturated Fat: 3g
  • Trans Fat: 0g
  • Carbohydrates: 20g
  • Fiber: 0g
  • Protein: 2g
  • Cholesterol: 20mg