When creamed with butter, it helps create air pockets that make your cookies light and tender. Powdered Sugar: Ideal for making smooth icing and adding a snowy dusting to your Christmas tree cookies.

Cream cheese sugar cookies with buttercream frosting are a delicious treat that ... sugar cookies made without cream cheese ...

Cut out and put on silpat-lined or ungreased cookie sheet. (To get into the Christmas spirit cut the dough into shapes ... Let them cool completely. Mix icing ingredients together until smooth.

Five simple steps for how to cover your cake in marzipan and royal icing. Watch the technique videos for more information and see the recipe tips (below) for how to create the simple Christmas ...

Small amount of icing sugar. Twine or ribbon for ... fondant to match the hole in the top of the cookie and set aside to firm up. To decorate the Christmas tree, roll out the green fondant as ...

Simple sugar cookies need not be boring. We love punching up their flavor with ginger, cinnamon or apricot jam, and topping them with everything from colorful sprinkles to sticky-sweet icing.