Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups powder sugar
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 large egg
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cream of tarter
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 Mickey Mouse head cookie cutter
Royal icing
- 3 egg whites
- 1 teaspoon cream of tarter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 cups powder sugar
- 3 disposable piping bags fitted with number 2 tip
- 1 squeeze bottle
- red and black food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper or baking mat.
- Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, powder sugar, vanilla and egg together until creamy and combined.
- In a large bowl, mix together the flour, cream of tarter and baking soda. Gradually mix the flour mixture into the wet ingredients until combined and a dough forms.
- Once the dough is formed, sprinkle about 3 tablespoons flour onto surface. Place the dough onto the floured surface and sprinkle some flour onto the dough. Roll out the dough to about 2 inches thick. Cut out your cookies and place onto the cookie sheet.
- Bake for about 8-10 minutes. Let them cool completely.
Royal icing directions:
- Using a standing mixer, combine all icing ingredients and mix on medium to high speed until thick and stiff with peaks about 6-7 minutes. If your icing looks like yellow soup, add another cup of powder sugar.
- Scoop some white icing into one piping bag and set aside.
- Scoop some icing, about 3/4 up, into a bowl and add black food coloring and mix until combined. Scoop the black icing into piping bag.
- Using the remaining icing, add in red food coloring and mix until combined. Add in a few more drops of red food coloring to get the shade you want. Scoop a small amount into the piping bag and set aside. Mix in 2-3 tbsp of water into the remaining red icing and mix until combined. Pour into the squeeze bottle.
Decorating directions:
- Using the red icing, outline the mickey heads. Fill in the cookies with the thinned red icing. Let them dry completely over night.
- Once they have completely dried, use the black icing to pipe on the outline of the mask and the eyes.
- Using the white icing, fill in the eyes.
- Using the black icing, fill in the mask.
- Let completely dry for 3 hours before enjoying!