candy cane cookies

how to decorate candy cane cookies

Cookie, that is. Here’s an easy way to decorate candy cane cookies for Christmas. Two colors are all you’ll need. This is a great cookie for beginning cookie decorators.

you will need:*

cut-out cookie dough
royal icing
candy cane cookie cutter
2 decorating bags
2 couplers
2 tips (size 2 and 4)
Americolor soft gel pastes (Red Red and Bright White)
rubber bands

*Find info on cookie decorating supplies and where to get them HERE. 

step one: bake your cookies

Use your own recipe or mine to cut out and bake your cookies. Let cool.

step two: color your frosting

Prepare a frosting bag with a 2 tip and a frosting bag with a 4 tip using the bags, tips, and couplers. (See bag package for instructions.)

Color about 1/2-3/4 cup of frosting red. Color the same amount with white.

Fill the bag with the 2 tip with red and close tightly with a rubber band. Fill the 4 tip bag with white and close tightly with a rubber band.

step three: decorated your cookies

With the white 4 tip, outline the candy cane.

Let set about ten minutes and fill with the white 4 tip. Using a zig zag motion, start from the tip and pipe your frosting back and forth to fill. Let set about ten minutes.

Using the red with 2 tip, pipe stripes on top of the candy cane.

for variation:

Clean and switch the tips on the bags. Fill the candy cane background with red 4 tip and pipe white stripes with the 2 tip.