Hi All,

This is going to be my first time baking cookies that I can decorating and it will also be my first time decorating cookies, so I have a question about the best recipe for the cookie.

I am going to try Toba's icing recipe for the decorating but I need to find a recipe for the cookie that has much flavor. What is a good recipe? Thanks!

Veronica

Many CC members swear by the No-Fail sugar cookie. It can sometimes be dry, so a bit more liquid may be needed. this cookie doesn't puff, making the decorating easier.

I also like the Martha Stewart roll cookie recipe.

If you look in the Articles section, there is a lot about baking and decorating sugar cookies.

I love Melissa's sugar cookie recipe and it's the only one I use.
I don't know if it's posted here on cc but that's what it was called elsewhere...here it is:
2 sticks land of lakes sweet cream salted butter
1 large egg
1 cup of sugar
vanilla - just a splash
mix until creamy
2 3/4 to 3 cups of plain flour
Bake at 400 degrees for 7-8 minutes. The dough should not be crumbly. I roll this out on parchment paper and cut on it as well then bake cookies on same paper. This keeps you from using too much flour. You don't have to chill this dough before using either. You can use it right out of the mixing bowl. These are kind of more of a shortbread type cookie. : ) They keep their shape very well.

You will love TOba's icing recipe. I use it all the time.

Where do you find TOBA's icing recipe? I looked in recipe search bar and nothing came up?

I luv the NFSC. We also decorate the backside, since it's perfectly flat. Helps avoid icing 'rolling off' the rounded edges of the front side. If you do this, you have to think ahead ..... letters and numbers have to be baked on the flip side (upside down).

Here it is:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2119-1-Toba-Garretts-Glace-Icing.html

Have fun with your first try- you will soon be hooked!! Sounds like the Melissa's recipe is just half of the NFSC- so either way you go, you'll be making some great cookies!!

I was a NFSC die-hard fan until last week when I tried the white chocolate sugar cookie recipe from karenscookies.net. I found it to have so much more flavor. Can't comment on Toba's recipe as I don't use it (found I like working with modeling chocolate and fondant much better).

Thanks everyone for your help. I am going to check into all of the recipes and the karenscookies website to see what I would like to try. Thanks again for your help and advice!

Veronica

NFSC! It is so easy to work with. If you go to the articles section there is a great article for how to bake and decorate coolkies with lots of great tips - I will try to find the link . . . . . .

http://www.cakecentral.com/article54-How-To-Bake--Decorate-Cookies.html


This is the link . . . I love the tip about rolling out the dough between parchment paper and chilling it before cutting them, that way you don't have to use additional flour for rolling and it won't further dry the dough. I have never had a problem with it drying if you use that technique (and it makes cutting the cookies much easier) Good luck, have fun!

okieinalaska- Thank you!

I like Penny's recipe. It's very easy to make and hardly spreads at all during baking so you get the same shape/size cookie that was cut. Here's the link to the recipe from CC: http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-3993-Pennys-cookies.html