how to make the best decorated sugar cookies (decorating tips from a pro!)

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how to make the BEST decorated sugar cookies (tips from a pro!)After you’ve created the perfect sugar cookies (see this post!) and added the ‘base’ icing, it’s time to DECORATE! Because I know first hand that making sugar cookies look beautiful and festive is harder than it looks, I’ve recruited Jordan, the sugar cookie master, to share all her pro sugar cookie decorating tips.

Jord’s Sugar Cookie Decorating Tips-

how to make the BEST decorated sugar cookies (tips from a pro!)Really, you have already finished about 80% of the work already. Less really is more in decorating and it doesn’t have to be overcomplicated to look amazing!

When I’m stumped as to where to start, I rely on four (ok, five!) tried-and-true decorating techniques/ideas-

1- Dots and lines

how to make the BEST decorated sugar cookies (tips from a pro!)Simple dots and lines go a long way in sugar cookie decorating. It seems so simple, but these are my go-to’s for cute sugar cookies.

2- Add festive words

how to make the BEST decorated sugar cookies (tips from a pro!)Noel, Joy, Hope, Merry or any lyrics from Christmas carols (Oh Holy Night, Joy to the World ect) all work well.

3- Zen doodles and mandalas

how to make the BEST decorated sugar cookies (tips from a pro!)Play with different doodles and henna mandalas. Its not as complicated as it looks! To start, make a dot in the center (or on one corner) and add symmetrical dots and lines moving outwards.

4- Embellish your shape

how to make the BEST decorated sugar cookies (tips from a pro!)Let your cookie cutter shape guide your decorating- animal shapes look adorable with a simple face and scarf, a snow globe only needs a tree or snowman and a couple snow flakes (dots) to look amazing.

5- Get the kids involved

how to make the BEST decorated sugar cookies (tips from a pro!)This one is hard for me, but my girls have such fun sugar cookie decorating ideas (even if they tend towards “more is more” in cookie decorating philosophy and I firmly do not). We love decorating cookies as a Christmas tradition!

Happy sugar cookie decorating, friends!

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