Get my tips for piping beautiful lace designs on gingerbread cookies in the latest video in the Cookie Art Club! If you’re new to working with royal icing, you can watch Royal Icing 101 first to learn all about how to make royal icing and the different icing consistencies.
I hope these cookies inspire you to start decorating your own cookies with royal icing!
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The most important (but also most difficult) step to master before tackling these cookies is royal icing consistency. If the icing is too thick, it will be difficult to squeeze out of the bag and it won’t stick to the cookie. If it’s too thin, however, the icing will just run all over and won’t hold its shape.
The consistency I use to pipe these designs holds a soft peak. I call it medium consistency, but it’s also known as piping consistency.
Here’s what you’ll need to make these beautiful lace designs on gingerbread cookies
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- Chilled sheet of cookie dough (I used my gingerbread cookie recipe)
- Heart cookie cutters (I used Ann Clark’s 3-¼” heart cookie cutter for the cookies and a 1-⅞” heart cookie cutter to trace as a guide for piping)
- Royal icing
- 12” decorating bag
- Scribe tool
- Wilton decorating tip 1 or PME tip 1.5
- Couplers & Bag ties (I used Wilton brand)
Relevant tutorials: Royal Icing 101, How To Pipe A Bead Border, How To Pipe Filigree (all available in the Cookie Art Club!)
Want to make this centerpiece yourself? The video tutorial and recipes to recreate it are available to Cookie Art Club members and you can try it free for 7 days.
Let me know if you make this cookie and share your photos with me in the Cookie Art Club!