White Sugar Cookies With Strawberry Royal Icing

Prepare the White sugar cookies : Add butter and sugar to your stand mixer. Cream the butter and sugar until it is completely mixed. Do not over-mix.

Add vanilla , one beaten egg and mix until completely incorporated.

Add Baking Powder to the flour and mix.

Add the flour to butter egg mixture, one cup at a time and mix.

Do not chill the dough, the cookies will bake better if the dough is at room temperature.

Roll a handful of the dough out on a prepared surface until it’s about 3/8″ thick and cut out shapes with a cookie cutter.

Bake at 350 degrees for 6-8 minutes depending on the size of the cookie. Do not over-bake.

Remove and cool over wire rack.

Prepare the Royal icing : Add egg whites, icing sugar, strawberry extract to your stand mixer.

Whisk on low speed until everything is combined.

Increase the speed to high and whisk for a minute until white glue is formed.

Add the pink gel colour and whisk to incorporate.

Pipe the prepared royal icing over the sugar cookies leaving a tiny edge.

The icing will gradually spread the cover the entire cookie.

Set them on a wire rack and garnish with apple blossom flowers, leaves and white sugar pearls.

Enjoy !