If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The key to making these edible works of art is royal icing, the glossy mix of meringue powder, powdered ...

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 ...

Use this simple sugar cookie dough and a Basic Decorating Icing (see recipe below) as the base for all of your holiday cookie creativity. After you've made the dough, chill and select any of the ...

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Place all the biscuit ingredients except the milk in a food processor and whiz to a crumb-like consistency, then add the milk and whiz until the dough starts to cling together. Bring it together into ...

Need a quick icing that sets glossy and smooth in minutes? This powdered sugar icing is smooth, glossy, and perfect for my no ...

Dough for a pie crust isnt the only mixture of flour, sugar and fat that gives home cooks pause during the holiday season. Cut-out cookie dough also can be a source of baking anxiety, especially when ...

These darkly sweet, spiced cookies are the epitome of what the holidays should taste like... and they make your house smell pretty darned good when they are baking too. Plenty of ginger gives them a ...

Whether it's wrapping presents together, snuggling up with your favourite festive film or baking something delicious for the whole family to enjoy, Christmas is a time for making memories. We all have ...