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Mickey Mouse Sugar Cookies
These Mickey Mouse Sugar Cookies are easy to make and will be a hit with the Disney fans in your family! These cookies will be great for any occasion!
Course Cookies
Cuisine American
Keyword Disney Inspired Cookies, Mickey Mouse Cookies, Sugar Cookies
Prep Time 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes minutes
Additional Time 1 day day
Total Time 1 day day 15 minutes minutes
Servings 24
Calories 320kcal
Author MomSkoop Staff
Stand mixer or hand-held mixer
Cookie sheet
disposable piping bag fitted with a number 2 tip
Mickey Mouse head cookie cutter
Parchment paper
Squeeze bottle
- 1 cup unsalted sweet cream butter
- 1 ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour scooped with a spoon and leveled with a knife
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
Royal Icing
- 3 egg whites
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- red and black food coloring
- ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
- 2 - 3 tablespoons water
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!
Serving: 1g | Calories: 320kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 135mg | Sugar: 48g