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I love all the beautiful sugar cookies I’ve been seeing online lately and when I stumbled upon Our Best Bites Glacé Icing recipe I immediately wanted to try it. I’m not a fan of royal icing nor buttercream, so an icing that is “super forgiving, easy to use, and it actually tastes good” sounded like a must try.
I was lucky enough to have my sweet foodie friends, Becky, Vintage Mixer, and Tiffany, Food Finery and her beautiful daughters, join me in the kitchen to try our hand at this fun new icing technique.
I used my favorite sugar cookie recipe. It puffs up a bit more than other sugar cookie recipes I’ve tried, but it’s tender and delicious and I’ve yet to find one I like better.
Visit Our Best Bites for the Glacé Icing recipe and great tutorial on decorating cookies with the Glacé Icing.
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Sugar Cookies with Glacé Icing
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup butter 2 sticks
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs beaten
Instructions
- Sift together flour, baking powder and baking soda.
- Cut in butter with a pastry cutter, or pulse in a food processor until mixture looks like sand.
- Mix in sugar. Mix in beaten eggs and knead into a ball.
- Divide into two pieces and form into two disks. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for one hour.
- Cut out shapes and place on baking sheets. Bake at 375º 6 to 8 minutes.
Becky at VintageMixer
yay!! I’m so glad you posted these! They were really some of the most beautiful and delicious sugar cookies that I’ve tasted! I thought the icing was very elegant.
Cara
What beautiful cookies!
Renee (kudos kitchen)
Your cookies are so pretty Barbara! Is there nothing you can’t bake well? 😉
Abby
I use the glace icing from Our Best Bites too! It is my favorite! Your cookies turned out so adorable I wish I would have made some for this past Easter myself! Definite cookie envy! Good work 🙂
Faith
Your cookies are gorgeous and so perfectly decorated, Barbara!
Alison @ Ingredients, Inc
These are so pretty! I have now bookmarked this recipe for the next time I decorate and make iced cookies!
marla {family fresh cooking}
Barbara, these cookies are beautiful! Love the one with the flower trim. Hope you had a lovely Easter with your family 🙂
Blond Duck
I hope you had a great Easter!
pigpigscorner
These are so pretty! Beautiful colours!
Pam
They look perfect and so delicious!
Maris (In Good Taste)
Oh wow! How did I miss these. These are adorable and look so delicious
Barbara
Those are so adorable, Barbara! The Easter colors and designs are lovely. I went to the site to see the tutorial…thanks for the link!
Cakelaw
These cookies are so pretty! I must bear both the cookie and icing recipe in mind for the next time I am making sugar cookies.
Paula
How decorated cookies are lovely Barb. I have to admit, I’ve tried the glace (twice) but still prefer to use royal icing for both ease of technique and taste. I have yet to try buttercream frosting for decorating cookies though.
Barbara
Paula – Your cookies are so perfect you shouldn’t change a thing!
Susie
Those cookies are so pretty! I’m glad you posted this. I don’t bake sugar cookies very often, but every time I do I wish they would look like this. Unfortunately, I think they look the same way they did when I was a kid. I am definitely bookmarking this. Thanks for sharing!
Laura @ Family Spice
Beautiful colors! I just don’t have the patience for decorating cookies. But you’ve inspired me to try this icing instead of royal. Happy Easter!
Jennifer H
I may have to try this frosting now!
Jane
I love your cookies, Barbara! I, too, prefer using glace icing over royal icing. There is a huge difference, I believe, in the taste and the look. Even though the icing takes longer to dry, I think it’s definitely worth it. Beautiful work on these!
teresa
i’ve always wanted to make really pretty cookies, these look wonderful!
JG
What festive and beautiful cookies!
~Judy