Karla’s Cookies

The decorator’s toolkit

Decorating cookies is easy...if you have the right tools.
Everything can be purchased online or in craft stores.

Here’s everything you’ll need

to get started.
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Plain, cooled cookies Decorating couplers
Find the recipe for my favorite These small white tips go in the
sugar cookies in an earlier lesson. end of your icing bag and easily
attach the icing tip. The benefit to
Royal icing using couplers is that they let you
Check out 3 easy ways to make easily change tips or swap them
royal icing in an earlier lesson. from bag to bag.

A plate or other clean surface #2 round piping tip

To hold your cookies. For outlining or piping smaller
details.
Small bowls
To mix your icing. #5 round piping tip
A larger opening, great for
Small bowl of water flooding.
To thin your icing.
(You can also use a spray bottle!) Toothpicks
For popping air bubbles, filling in
icing gaps or anything else.
Extra powdered sugar
In case you need to thicken your
icing. Sprinkles or other decorations
(optional)
A fun, easy way to decorate on
Spoons
top of your icing! These work best
To mix your icing.
when the icing is still wet.
Spatula (optional)
Icing markers (optional)
To mix icing in larger quantities.
A great tool you can use to draw
details on iced cookies.
Gel food coloring
You can buy these online or in
Icing bag ties (not pictured)
craft stores.
If you are icing a lot of cookies,
you’ll definitely want to pick up
Flavoring (optional) some icing bag ties (or rubber
Add flavors like vanilla to your bands ) to keep the top of your
icing when you mix in the colors. icing bag closed.

Disposable icing bags Drying rack (not pictured)

These are also called piping bags. To hold cookies as the icing dries.

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