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Santa's Cookies | Delicious Table

Santa's Cookies | Delicious Table

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Santa's Cookies are decorated with a wish list and a glass of cold milk. Santa will Ho Ho Ho for these Christmas cookies!

Santa's Christmas cookies can be decorated with kid's wish lists. Place on a glass of cold milk, Santa will Ho Ho Ho for these sugar cookies.

Plan ahead for these, the royal icing needs 2-3 days to dry solid before you can write on them with edible color markers. I also am sharing creative royal icing decorating ideas and my top tips.

Happy holiday baking, it's a fun tradition to leave Santa cookies and milk on Christmas Eve. Children will love to write their wish lists for Santa. This is the best Christmas cookie recipe, you might be surprised by what the kids ask for...

Baking Instructions

  1. In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, add sugar and softened butter. Mix until combined.
  2. Next add egg, baking powder, orange juice, vanilla, and flour. Mix until combined.
  3. Wrap the dough in plastic food wrap and chill until firm.
  4. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to ¼ thickness.
  5. Use a square shape cutter (I used a top from a food container) cut out the square. Next, using the big end of an icing decorating tip, cut a small hole in the corner of the cookie for the straw. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet at least 1-2 inches apart.
  6. Heat oven to 400 degrees, and bake 10-12 minutes until edges are lightly browned.
  7. Cool completely, then you are ready to decorate.

 

 

 

 

Details:

Mix The Icing

2 pounds powdered sugar

5 tablespoons meringue powder

dash vanilla clear preferred

1 cup (scant) warm water

  • Place all ingredients into a mixer and whip on slow for 10 minutes.
  • Keep the royal icing covered with saran wrap or damp kitchen towel or it dries out and doesn't spread smoothly.
  • Add drops of red or green color to some royal icing.
  • Leftover icing can be frozen and used later.

 

Drying Royal Icing

PRO TIP: The best way to dry cookies is to place them on a sheet pan in the oven with only the oven light on.

  • Or place them on a parchment-lined sheet pan on the kitchen counter.
  • Don't put them in the fridge, the icing won't dry, and they get too soft.
  • The royal icing actually helps keep the cookies the right soft texture as it dries.
  • Humidity plays a role in how fast the icing dries, and will vary depending where you live and the weather the day you bake.
  • Place a fan near the cookies to speed up the drying process.
 

 

  1. Fill a small pastry bag fitted with a small tip, and pipe a line around the edge of the cookie. Next, flood or fill in the center, and use a small thin skewer to fill in the icing.
  2. IMPORTANT: At this point, let the cookies dry completely before writing the wish list for Santa.
  3. Once cookies are dry and the icing is rock hard, use colored edible markers, and use a ruler to make the lines that look like a piece of paper, use blue and red pens for this step. Do this part for small children, then let them write the wish list.
  4. Place it on an ice cold mug of milk, add a cute red and white straw and wait for Santa's visit!
  5. Decorate other cookies with royal icing and sprinkles and create your own holiday designs.

 

  • For the "wish list" cookie, use a blue and red marker to create a piece of paper, then black to write the list.
  • Use red and white to create a peppermint candy swirl design, and top with some sprinkles.
  • Make little gift packages, add some cute dots and a big red bow.
  • Draw alternating lines of red and green, and drag the skewer through to create a fun design.
  • Create holly and berries with dots of red and make green holly leaves.

 

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