Decorating sugar cookies—for Christmas ... I’ve got all the top tips right here to create the best royal icing (for piping and flooding). Keep reading on for everything you need to know ...

How do you keep cut-out sugar cookies from spreading ... I add a portion of the icing to a piping bag and pipe a small border around the edges of each cookie. I also save some thicker icing ...

Add the icing sugar and vanilla and mix until smooth. Refrigerate, 20 mins. Transfer the mixture to a piping bag fitted with a large round nozzle. Pipe a dollop on to each of the cooled cookies. To ...