How to Decorate Cookies with Glaze & a Toothpick Design

If you're looking for a quick and easy way to dress up gingerbread and sugar cookies, use cookie glaze and a toothpick. You can create elegant marbled designs that will give your cookies an attractive look to match their delicate taste.

Things You'll Need

• Cut-out cookies, baked and cooled
• Pastry bags
• Straight tip
• 2 colors of cookie glaze
• Spoon
• 2 toothpicks

Instructions

1. Spoon cookie glaze into a pastry bag outfitted with a straight tip.

2. Pipe a glaze border around the cookie's edge.

3. Spoon a few dollops of the same-colored glaze over the cookie's surface.

4. Spread the glaze evenly over the cookie with the first toothpick.

5. Fill the pastry bag with a different shade of cookie glaze and pipe lines across the cookie's width. Leave about 1/4 inch between each line.

6. Draw straight through the stripes with your second toothpick. Begin at the cookie's top and end at the bottom. Make the lines approximately 1/4 inch apart. The finished cookie will have a marbled look.

References

• King Arthur Flour: Decorated Holiday Cookies