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No need to visit a bakery when you can make perfect sugar cookies at home! Our recipe for foolproof cut-out sugar cookies produces cookies that are crisp around the edges and tender in the center. Top them with a smooth, easy-to-pipe buttercream frosting that holds its shape beautifully and is ideal for decorating.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Easy Buttercream Decorated Cookies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For some beginning bakers, piping frosting can be the most intimidating part of a recipe. If you’ve ever looked at a piping bag and heard the Jaws<\/em> theme song playing in your head, this might just be the recipe that gets you over your fear for good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t believe me? All you need are a few different frosting tips and colors of buttercream to make your cookies look like they came from the best bakery in town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These deceptively simple cookies start with my favorite cut-out sugar cookie dough recipe<\/strong>. I’m using scalloped cutters and creating a “wreath” shape to make them a little fancier, but any shape will work for this technique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The frosting is an easy American-style buttercream<\/strong>, meaning it has just a handful of ingredients and takes about 5 minutes to whip up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What Makes These Great for Beginners?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The not-at-all-secret “secret sauce” of this decorating technique is to use a variety of colors and piping tips. So for these cookies, I used white, dark red, dark pink, and then mixed the dark pink and some white to make a lighter pink. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each color gets its own piping bag and its own small star piping tip – don’t worry about matching exact piping tip numbers, if it’s small and has ridges along the opening, you’re good to go! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The beauty of this technique, and what makes it so beginner-friendly, is that there’s no wrong way to do it<\/strong>. You don’t have to be precious or precise. Go crazy piping swirls, dots, and squiggly lines of different colors next to each other, covering the entire cookie. Add a few sprinkles on top for a finishing touch, and your beautifully chaotic masterpieces are complete. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t believe me? Check out the photo tutorial down below<\/a> that shows just how simple these cookies are!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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💖More Sugar Cookie Recipes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to know the secret to my heart? Give me ALL the Valentine’s Day cookies<\/a>! Especially heart-shaped cookies<\/strong> like these Pistachio Shortbread Cookies<\/a>, Cream Tarts with White Chocolate Frosting<\/a>, Watercolor Rose Sugar Cookies<\/a> and Brown Butter Heart Cookies<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(If you prefer a soft baked sugar cookie<\/strong>, try my Big Soft Sugar Cookies<\/a>. They are topped with buttercream and easily decorated with sprinkles. 😉)<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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