Mickey Mouse Sugar Cookies

HOW TO MAKE MICKEY MOUSE SUGAR COOKIES

Makes 24

Ingredients

1 C unsalted sweet cream butter
1 1/2 C powder sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 large egg
2 1/2 C flour
1tsp cream of tarter
1 tsp baking soda

Supplies

1 Mickey Mouse head cookie cutter
1 cookie sheet fitted with parchment paper

Royal icing

3 egg whites
1 tsp cream of tarter
1 tsp vanilla
4 C powder sugar

Supplies

3 disposable piping bag fitted with a number 2 tip
1 squeeze bottle
red and black food coloring

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

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 tartar and baking soda

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 powder sugar

Once your icing is made, Scoop some white icing into one piping bag and set aside

Scoop some icing, about 3/4 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 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 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!