How to Make Baby Onesie Cookies

Make a batch of onesie-shaped cookies for a baby shower.

You can make a batch of baby onesie cookies for a themed dessert at a baby shower or other baby-related event. The onesie cookies can also be wrapped in cellophane wrap for a cute party favor to send home with each guest. Use your favorite sugar cookie recipe to make the cookies and cover the onesie-shaped treats with royal icing in colors that coordinate with the event's color scheme.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• 1 cup butter or margarine
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cup flour, plus a little bit extra
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• Plastic wrap
• Onesie cookie cutter
• Baking sheet
• Cooking and baking spray
• Wire rack, optional
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 3 tbsp. meringue powder
• 1/2 cup water
• Food coloring, optional
• Pastry bag with flat icing tip, optional

1. Mix together 1 cup butter and 1 cup sugar in a mixing bowl with a hand or electric mixer until smooth. Add 1 egg yolk, beat and then add the other egg yolk and 1 tsp. vanilla.

2. Pour 2 1/2 cups flour into another bowl. Add 1/2 tsp. baking powder and 1/2 tsp. salt. Mix the ingredients together. Pour half of the flour mixture into the first mixture and mix thoroughly. Add the remaining half of the flour mixture and mix again.

3. Separate the dough into two balls and flatten each on top of a large piece of plastic wrap. Cover the dough with the plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

4. Roll out the dough on a floured surface to about 1/4-inch thickness for thick cookies or 1/8-inch thickness for thin cookies. Use a onesie-shaped cookie cutter to cut shapes from the dough.

5. Place the onesie shapes on a greased cookie sheet. Bake the cookies at 350 degrees F for about 6 minutes. The edges of the cookies should be lightly browned.

6. Take the cookies out of the oven and let them cool for 10 to 15 minutes on the baking sheet. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to continue to cool to room temperature.

7. Make the royal icing. Mix together 4 cups confectioners' sugar and 3 tbsp. meringue powder with a hand or electric mixer. Pour in 1/2 cup water and 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract. Beat the mixture at medium-high speed for 5 to 7 minutes. The icing will begin to form stiff peaks.

8. Add food coloring to the icing mixture. You can divide the icing into two or three bowls and add different colors to each for different-colored onesie cookies. Cover any icing not used immediately to keep it from hardening.

9. Spread a moderate layer of the icing on each cookie. You can spread the icing with the back of a spoon or fill a pastry bag with a flat icing tip with the royal icing and spread.

References

• Canadian Parents: Basic Sugar Cookies
• Joy of Baking: Royal Icing Tested Recipe