Decorate Cookies Kids

Decorate these halloween cut out cookies with black gel icing royal icing candy eyes orangle and black sprinkles or whatever fun decorations you have on hand.

Decorate cookies kids. Next set out each of your colored icings in its own small bowl with a small offset spatula spoon or butter knife. Then separate it into bowls and tint the bowls different colors. You ll thin the royal icing with a bit of water stirring gently as you go until when you run a knife through the bowl of icing the line disappears in about 20 seconds.

These cookies make for a playful spooky food craft that grown ups and kids alike can enjoy. The key is making the cookies and royal icing at least a day before decorating. Cookie decorating is one of those tasks that sounds super simple but when it comes down to replicating that instagram shot of a perfectly styled cookie especially when kids are involved it s not as easy as it looks.

Well i went back with some cookies and icing in hand for a cookie decorating session with her class twenty plus four and five year olds there was no avoiding the sweets part with this one no matter how healthy i tried to get with the recipes but we. First line the table with newspaper or parchment paper. Pour the icing into a squeeze bottle and cover the cooled cookies.

This tradition is truly simple and sweet. Cookie decorating with kids. Whether kids can handle a piping bag or a pinch of sprinkles they love the process.

Last week i visited my daughter s school and led a fun food class all veggies for this sweets free school. Set out your sugar cookies directly on the table. Icing royal icing is perfect for decorating cookies but if you don t have meringue powder you can make a simple and easy icing this is very similar to the one on the kuhn rikon package by combining 1 pound of powdered sugar with 1 tablespoon of lime juice and about 1 3 cup water.

This easy and fun cookie decorating technique has become a family tradition that denise s mother started many years ago. It s an ideal time to show the kids how to decorate sugar cookies. Kids can get messy even turn their hands and hair.