Looking at the offerings at your neighborhood bakery, it can be easy to feel that the creativity and attention to detail achieved by professional bakers is unattainable by us mere mortals. But as with ...

Easy tips and techniques to help you get creative with cookies.

Royal icing is the go-to stuff for picture-perfect sugar cookies, because it makes a neat, hard and glossy finish that professional bakers and home chefs love. This icing is rich and thick and may ...

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 ...

Before beginning to decorate your sugar cookies this Christmas season, you'll want to learn how to properly ice them. Christmas Cookie Swap! has a reliable recipe for royal icing and a step-by-step ...

Equipment: Click here for tips and hardware needed to use the icing. Mix ingredients: Starting on slow speed, combine the sifted sugar with all other ingredients into a mixing bowl fitted with the ...

To make your Christmas cookies look good, you need to go through the painful process of icing them carefully. Here's a neat trick from The Kitchn: prepare two types of icing (one thicker and one ...

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, ...

Chocolate has long been integral to the Valentine's Day culinary experience. Truffles, molten cakes, frosted cupcakes, dark cacao puddings and brûlées, ganache-domed cakes and enrobed nuts - they all ...