Christmas Cookie Decorating Tips

December 9, 2020

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If you love decorating (and eating) Christmas cookies, but not necessarily baking them, just order a Cookie Decorating Kit from our bakery! Perfectly themed for the winter holidays, each kit comes with pre-cut sugar cookies shaped as bells, trees and snowmen, plus pastry bags filled with colorful buttercream and sprinkles on the side.

To get those creative juices flowing, check out some step-by-step cookie designs created by our talented team. Happy decorating!

General Tips:

• Cut ¼” off tip of bag for a smaller tip, or ½” for a larger nozzle.
• To make a leaf tip, cut piping bag in a V shape.
• Add sprinkles quickly before the buttercream dries!

 Classic Tree:

1. Cut piping bag with green buttercream in a V shape to create a leaf tip.
2. Following the outline of the tree, squeeze and pull icing to create leaves.
3. Add a zig zag line of white buttercream from top to bottom of the tree.
4. Decorate with colored dots of buttercream to add lights to your tree.
5. Top your tree with a candy sprinkle star!

Snowy Tree:

1. Squeeze green buttercream over cookie, then smooth with knife.
2. Add squiggly white lines to tips of tree to create snow.
3. Decorate with colored dots of buttercream to add lights to your tree.

Joyful Bell:

1. Squeeze white buttercream onto cookie and smooth with knife.
2. Outline your cookie with red buttercream for a pro look.
3. Use a green buttercream leaf tip to create holly leaves at the top.
4. Add small red dots of buttercream to represent the berries.
5. Use yellow buttercream to write “Joy” inside the bell.

Striped Bell:

1. Make thick, diagonal stripes of red buttercream about ¼” inch apart.
2. Add sprinkles to stripes, then shake off extra.
3. Fill in bare cookie with white (or another color) buttercream.

Santa Star:

1. Squeeze red buttercream onto cookie, then smooth with knife.
2. Add squiggly white buttercream lines just below each star point.
3. Add white buttercream ball to top star point to finish Santa’s hat.
4. Add yellow buttercream belt and buckle across center of cookie.

Snowman Star:

1. Squeeze yellow buttercream onto cookie, then smooth with knife.
2. Add three white buttercream circles in the middle to create a snowman.
3. Draw a squiggly line of white buttercream below the snowman.
4. Give your snowman a red buttercream hat, scarf and buttons.
5. Outline cookie with a squiggly line of red buttercream.

Ready to try your hand at these fun and festive sweets? Order a Cookie Decorating Kit online to get started!

Please order at least 48 hours in advance.

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