Halloween Royal Icing Cookies

Create spooky shiny royal icing cookies in orange, black, and white for Halloween.

116 min Serves 20 Easy

Our own summary of the original by Camille — the full post and photos live at bakerstreetsociety.com.

These Halloween royal icing cookies start with a buttery sugar cookie base. The icing is colored orange, black, and white, then applied by outlining and flooding. Using a lazy Susan and a fan heater ensures a glossy finish.

Directions

Prepare the cookie dough using the unsalted butter, granulated sugar, whole egg, yolk, vanilla extract, salt, and all-purpose flour. Roll, cut into shapes, and bake. Let the cookies cool completely before decorating.

Make the royal icing by combining egg whites, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, butter emulsion, and almond emulsion. Gradually add water until the icing reaches a thick but flowable consistency. Beat until stiff peaks form.

Divide the icing into three bowls. Tint one bowl orange and another black, leaving the third white. Place each cooled cookie on a rotating lazy Susan. Outline each cookie with a thin line of icing, then flood the inside with more icing. Set the cookies in front of a small fan heater to dry quickly, which helps the icing stay glossy.

Store the finished cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week.