75144 402 Food & Drink Desserts Cookies true Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:01:16 -0800 /system/videos/6/44/51/07/75144.flv /system/videos/6/44/51/07/75144_hd.flv food, cooking, desserts, making, baking, decorating, icing, holidays, parties, sweets How To Decorate Christmas Sugar Cookies http://www.howcast.com/videos/75144-How-To-Decorate-Christmas-Sugar-Cookies http://www.howcast.com/videos/75144-How-To-Decorate-Christmas-Sugar-Cookies/edit approved 198 640 360 <object width="425" height="273" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer"><param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=75144"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=75144" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="273" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" ></embed></object> 20 goluxx http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/75144/Goldstein_HTChristmasCookies_HD_xxlarge_maintained_aspect.jpg 7400 false false false 48864 1 40 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/75144/40.jpg Get supplies Go to a baking-supply or craft store, or shop online for specialty cookie-decorating items.

]]> 48865 2 47 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/75144/47.jpg Jazz them up There are tons of ways to decorate your cookies before baking. After you’ve rolled out the dough and cut the cookies into shapes, press currants, nuts, or candy into them. Or brush them lightly with egg white and dust with colored sanding sugar or sprinkles.

]]> 48866 3 66 Tip Dragees, those tiny gold and silver balls that adorn fancy cookies and cakes, are edible. But because they contain real metal, eating them is not advisable.

]]> 48867 4 75 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/75144/75.jpg Glaze them To add colorful shine, glaze cookies before baking by whisking a few drops of liquid food coloring into an egg yolk and spreading it on with a pastry brush or small artist’s brush.

]]> 48868 5 89 Tip If you want to hang cookies on your Christmas tree, use a straw to make holes in the tops before baking.

]]> 48869 6 94 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/75144/94.jpg Create stained glass For a stained-glass effect, put hard candies into a plastic bag, crush them with a rolling pin, and then sprinkle them onto unbaked cookies. The candies will melt to look like beautiful stained-glass windows.

]]> 48870 7 111 Tip Do a test cookie to make sure the candy doesn’t start to burn before the cookie is fully baked. If that happens, add the candy after the cookies are half-baked.

]]> 48871 8 119 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/75144/119.jpg Ice them For already-baked cookies, try frosting them. Whip up some royal icing, divide it into separate batches, and tint with food-coloring gel or paste. Put the icing in plastic squeeze bottles, pipe it around the outline of each cookie, squeeze some in the center, and spread it evenly over the top with a butter knife or a brush.

]]> 48872 9 142 Tip For a marbled effect, spread a light coating of white icing on the cookies. Then pipe on stripes of colored icing and swirl them with a toothpick.

]]> 48873 10 151 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/75144/151.jpg Make them glitter Frosted cookies can be decorated even more by sprinkling them with edible glitter or luster dust.

]]> 48874 11 161 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/75144/161.jpg Make rolled fondant Make or buy rolled fondant. Add food-coloring gel or paste to different batches, roll them out, and use your cookie cutters to make pieces that are identical to your cookies. Brush the bottoms with a tiny bit of water and press them onto the cookies.

]]> 48875 12 183 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/75144/183.jpg Store properly Store your cookies in airtight containers, in single layers separated by waxed paper.

]]> 48876 13 190 Fact More than 55 million American households bake holiday cookies.

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