15-Min Royal Icing Sugar Cookies
No-bake decorated cookies using store-bought sugar cookies and glossy homemade royal icing. This is a quick assembly format — pipe, sprinkle, and stash for that viral TikTok cookie-decorating moment.
- Total time
- 15 min
- Servings
- 12
- Calories
- 145
- Protein
- 1g
Ingredients
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Step 1
Whisk egg whites in a bowl until foamy, about 30 seconds.
Step 2
Add powdered sugar and lemon juice; stir until smooth and glossy, ~60 seconds. (It should flow like glue, not be runny.)
Step 3
Divide icing into bowls if coloring. Add gel food coloring drop by drop, stirring until you reach the shade you want.
Step 4
Spoon or pipe icing onto sugar cookies. Work fast — icing dries quickly.
Step 5
Sprinkle edible glitter or sprinkles on each wet-iced cookie before the icing sets, ~30 seconds per batch.
Step 6
Set on parchment paper and let sit 15–20 minutes until icing hardens. Serve or store in an airtight container.
Tools you’ll need
- mixing bowl
- whisk
- piping bag with round tip (or small spoon)
- parchment paper
- food coloring bottles (optional)
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