Mickey Mouse Sugar Cookies

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  Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  
• Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and egg together until creamy and combined.
• In a large bowl, mix together the flour, cream of tartar, and baking soda and set aside.
• Gradually mix in the flour mixture into the wet ingredients until combined and a dough forms
  
• Once the dough is formed, sprinkle about 3 tablespoons of flour onto a cutting board and place the dough onto the cutting board.
  
• Sprinkle some flour onto the cookie dough and roll out the dough to about 2 inches thick
  
• Cut out your cookies and place onto the cookie sheet
  
• Bake your cookies for about 8-10 minutes
  
• Let them cool completely
  

Royal Icing Directions

• Using a standing mixer, combine all 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 powdered sugar
• Once your icing is made, Scoop some white icing into one piping bag and set aside
  
• Scoop some icing, about ¾ cup, into a bowl and add black food coloring and mix until combined.
• Scoop black icing into a 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 tablespoon 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 overnight
  
• Once they have completely dried using the black icing, pipe on the outline of the mask and the eyes
  
• Using the white icing, fill in the center for the icing with the white icing
  
• Using the black icing, fill in the mask
  
• Let completely dry for 3 hours before enjoying!