The Best Sugar Cookies to Decorate with Royal Icing (No Spread!!)

I made these today and they are delicious

Thank you so much! 😊

I made this and love it.

I’m new to baking… just learned for my daughters bday really. Would it make a difference using this recipe for a fondant topper vs Royal Icing?

Where is your recipe

making cookies for someone who can’t have butter.. have you ever tried this with vegan butter? i’m going to use earth balance sticks. just curious if you’ve tried and have any input. regardless i will come back and update you on how it turns out!

update: i subbed the butter for earth balance unsalted buttery sticks (same quantity that the recipe called for) and it turned out AMAZING! they’re perfect! baked nice, taste delicious, and held their shape with nice clean vertical edges. thank you for this recipe it’s sooo tasty!

Hi! How long and what temperature degree did you use for the cookies?😊

Thank you for this video

Where do i find the recipe

I've just discovered your Channel, as I'm embarking on decorating cookies for family and friends. If I want to plan ahead and make the cookies first, should I, 1) bake them, and then freeze them, 1) freeze the dough and then bake them, or 3) don't freeze the dough or the baked cookie. I've enjoyed watching your videos. Oh, and I received my Butter Emulsion today. Can't wait to use it in my sugar cookie recipe. :)

Hi!!! Looking to use your cookie recipe, how many days do they usually last for? The shelf life I guess we call it

Has anyone tried browning the butter to deepen the flavor? I wonder if it would make the cookies too brown? I recently started adding browned butter to my chocolate chip cookies and I’m obsessed with the richness it imparts! I also am a big fan of adding just a bit of cornstarch to the flour to soften and smooth it a bit! I don’t sub it out- just throw in a tablespoon or two and sift!

how long can we store these cookies?

Hello! Thank you so much for all of your tutorials! I was just wondering what type of baking powder you use? I tried using a non-Aluminum brand for the first time (used 1 tea of Bob’s Red Mill) and my cookies still seem a little dense and like they should have risen more. Is that something that you’ve come across and what brand you use? Any advice you can give me I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you in advance!

Is it possible to add chocolat or other flavors to this recipe? If yes, how? (I mean, please tell me if it changes the recipe and the amount of ingredients)

Thank you for sharing this recipe! It's truly the best recipe out there! They turn out delicious, soft but do not spread. I highly recommend this recipe!
Thank you again for sharing it.

Thank you ❤ can i freeze the dough ?
If it's possible for how long?

Did you give the recipe or just changes

Thanks!

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If making in advance, is it best to freeze the baked cookie or freeze precut dough and then bake?

Again, wow, thank you for so many great tips. I can not wait until tomorrow and I will try both your icing and cookies, and I will let you know.

It would've being great if quantities were mentioned, or did I miss that,

Thank you for taking the time to share your recipes and all your cookie decorating tips! Much appreciated 🙂

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I have used your recipe for about one year now and it is my favorite so thank you so much for sharing♥️

I❤💕cookie decorative
Icing for my dinner
Because I now have cry Grinch designed cookies
My friend love pink soft cookies I love Red cookies Blair love
Chocolate cipe cookies.

Can I ask for the recipe for the cookie?

Can you FREEZE the cookies
Then icy them another day?

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As ALWAYS... EXCELLENT VIDEO... So PROUD of YOU!!!
Question How many cookies does this make?
I know it depends on the size of the cookie... like a normal size cookie.
Thank YOU again Queen Bee of making Cookies...

Should the eggs come to room temperature? I tried this recipe and added another cup and a half of flour. Would you suggest adding in another teaspoon of vanilla? The taste is okay, I felt like it was flour tasting

Okay, so I finally finished all my cookie making and it's kind of late here. Haha

I like this recipe a lot. I did make a couple of changes to make different flavors. Though the vanilla one is great.

My tips is don't over work the dough. The cookies become very tough and/or crumbly on texture. It could have also been because I tried to add color to one of my doughs the day after I had to fridge it because it got too late.

So my addition. If you want to make this recipe chocolate, or strawberry, or even hibiscus, make the recipe as normal, but add the minimum of 3.5 cups flour. then add 80 grams of powder flavor (unsweetened cocoa powder, strawberry powder, hibiscus flowers powder, what have you).
And then any extra flour if needed. I didn't need to add much flour after. Between 20g and 40g at the most. But like the video said it can vary for where you are and what not. Dough should not be sticky. If it's sticky you need more flour.


I also used this recipe to make a lindzer variation. I did the same as I did with the other flavors only instead of a flavored powder I added almond flour. I also added an extra 2 tsp of almond extract. Or I suppose you can exchange the vanilla extract for almond.

Just something I thought I'd share. I remember Emma's goodies used a base dough for her different flavors and I wanted to see if I can find a better base dough recipe and this one was amazing. I'm not a baker in general. My decorations include drizzling the cookies in chocolate. Haha. I just tinker for projects. And this was a fun one. Thank you for this recipe. It was great.



Oh, also didn't have the butter emulsion. I just couldn't find it and I needed these for Sunday. So I just went without. They came out great regardless. I'll try it with the emulsion next time.

Hello, today I made these cookies, and I really like the taste and how they turned out. Thank you

Hello, I am going to try this cookie recipe today, but I do have a question about it, do I weigh the ingredients or just do it by units? Thank you

I love your videos, not to many people explain what they do like you do. Thank you

my mom complained about the original recipe I followed by emma's goodies so I've been trying to find a new one. I tested out 3 recipe already (all quartered because I don't need 100's of cookies yet. LoL), Imma try this one today because it seems to have the most sugar and looks like it'll have the most flavor. Wish I had it weeks ago when I had her try the other cookies.

Can you please share the quantities you use for these recipe ,I love how your cookies come out ,TY

What is the shelf life of these cookies after I decorate it with royal icing

How I can have the full recipe.

Hi is there any substitute for eggs .. as don’t have eggs .. If possible could you pls let me know thanks

Thank you for making this video. Im a newbie to cookie making, just for family occasions. On average, how many cookies do you get in one batch? Can you make 2 batches at a time or is it best to make one at a time?

I just made these tonight for my secret pal! They taste good and I have some left over. She's going to love them because I colored the dough a light pink. Thanks for the help. First time ever making sugar cookies from scratch.

Where is your quantities???

NO!! The BEST No Spread Surger Cookie Recipe is On "Preppy Kitchen" with John Kanell. This Dough Doesn't Spread out While Baking. Retains its Sharp Edges When Using Cookie Cutters. Good Flavor and These Cookies Came Out Perfect. Will Never Use Any Other Recipe Again. This One is a Keeper!!

So I just made these as a practice run and they are amazing! However it only made 44 cookies and I’m needing double. Can I just double the recipe or will that mess up the consistency at all? Should I just make two separate batches?

I want to try 😍

This is another method of making cookies.

Where is the printd recipe? Thx, looks good.