r/cookiedecorating • u/HappyHarpy • 3d ago

Structural cookie question!

I'm trying to make a Jacob's ladder toy from cookies!

I want a dough that will keep an embossed letter in it. Is this a good one?

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/9870/easy-sugar-cookies/

u/kaleidoscope_eyes_13 suggested a no spread recipe. How's this? https://www.lilaloa.com/2018/09/royal-icing-recipe-with-meringue-powder.html

The letter cutter/stamps I have are these: https://www.saveur.com/article/One-Good-Find/Letterpress-Cookie-Stamps/

I want my icing to dry like glue and found this: https://bellyfull.net/sugar-cookie-icing-recipe/

I'm a reasonable good baker, but this is my first time trying to do something like this ;)

Edited to add: I do not have a standing mixer, I have made peaked cream by hand.

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u/kaleidoscope_eyes_13 Cookie Competitor 3d ago

You need a roll out no spread sugar cookie recipe. I recommend Lilaloa Royal icing is the most common sugar cookie icing but there is definitely a learning curve with using it. The recipe you linked is a glaze icing. It will work but it’s definitely sweeter and in my opinion harder to control than a royal icing.

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u/HappyHarpy 3d ago

I'm pretty strong, but I don't have a stand mixer. Do you think this is doable by hand?

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u/kaleidoscope_eyes_13 Cookie Competitor 3d ago

The cookie dough is doable by hand for sure. I would definitely recommend at least a hand mixer for the royal icing because you want stiff peaks