Mother's Day Cookies
May 03, 2018 Comments

- Prep:
- 30 minutes
- Cook:
- 10 minutes
- Serves:
- 14 to 18 large cookies
Surprise the moms in your life with these easy and delicious sugar cookies. Decorate them with special messages, pearls and icing for the perfect gift.
Ingredients
Directions
- Roll the dough out to a thickness of ¼ inch.
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Cut out the cookies using flower- and heart-shaped cookie cutters.
- Place on a lined baking sheet and bake in a 350-degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes.
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Wait several hours (until the cookies are completely cool) before icing.
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Use food coloring to create royal icing in your desired shades (pastels are pretty for Mother's Day).
- Put half of your royal icing into piping bags or squeeze bottles. Add water to the remaining icing in small amounts until the icing is thinned – when you dip a toothpick into it and pull it out, you should get a thin ribbon of icing running off the toothpick. This is your flood icing. Put the flood icing into squeeze bottles.
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Use the royal icing to pipe outlines onto your cookies.
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Use the flood icing to fill outlined areas.
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Use toothpicks to spread the flood icing and pop any air bubbles.
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Let the flood icing dry completely overnight before using the remaining royal icing to add details to your cookies such as the petals of the flowers.
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You can also write words or messages on the cookies.
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You can add decorations like sprinkles or pearls at this point.
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When the icing has dried completely, attach the lollipop sticks to the back of each cookie using royal icing.
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Let the icing dry overnight before attempting to pick up the cookie using the stick.
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Display in mason jars filled with sugar, if desired.
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