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 ...

While royal icing usually calls for raw eggs, there's a simply substitute that eliminates them effortlessly. Here's what you ...

This flower cookie decorating idea turns a simple cookie into a bright and elegant dessert with yellow icing, black outline details, soft petal shading, and a raised center that gives the design a ...

You can learn to do just about anything on YouTube — and after drooling over one too many Instagram photos of perfectly decorated holiday cookies, I'm now dedicated to making my own. From piping ...

Lesley Suter is the ASME- and James Beard Award-winning Special Projects director at Eater, where she oversees commerce, editorial packages, and other coordinated efforts across the network. I hate ...

Nothing puts us in the Christmas spirit quite like holiday baking and decorating. But if you’re more interested in the second part, or if you’ve got a few young holiday helpers who just care about ...

It's a classic Pinterest versus reality situation: you find recipes for gorgeous holiday cookies that look like delicate snowflakes, ornament-studded Christmas trees, and leaping reindeer with icing ...

These decorated cookies are shaped like camping favorites, including a tent, sleeping bag, campfire, s’more, and marshmallow ...

If you are the most confident baker, you can easily master many of these beautiful and yummy cookies. Plus, there are plenty of simple ones the kids would love to help with. And that isn't spending ...