Ree Drummond’s royal icing is a must-have when it comes to holiday baking. The celebrity chef uses it to decorate everything from Pioneer Woman gingerbread cookies to classic sugar cookies. Best of ...

Martha demonstrates how to prepare royal icing using fresh eggs, sifted confectioners’ sugar, lemon juice, and food coloring. She recommends mixing slowly to reduce bubbles and achieve a smoother ...

Every year as the holidays approach, I eagerly anticipate holiday baking and decorating sugar cookies. And every year, they don’t exactly turn out as planned. That’s because decorating cookies is a ...

Transform classic Marie biscuits into colorful treats with simple icing and creative decorating ideas. This easy recipe is ...

Buttery and lightly sweet, these butter cookies have a crisp and crumbly shortbread texture. One cut out and baked, they're ...

America's Test Kitchen compiled 250 recipes and dozens and dozens of detailed baking tips in a new cookbook, "The Perfect Cookie: Your Ultimate Guide to Foolproof Cookies, Brownies & Bars" (2017, ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The key to making these edible works of art is royal icing, the glossy mix of meringue powder, powdered ...

This three-ingredient royal icing is a must-have for holiday baking. Margaret Braun is a world-renowned sugar artist and cake designer. Her confectionary work has appeared in the likes of the Museum ...

Holiday baking gets hectic fast. These 17 cookie recipes give you time to test chocolate classics, pumpkin-spiced batches, ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. I am a decidedly mediocre baker and an even ...