Not perfect, but cute enough. Have you ever tried to draw on your cookies? It’s so easy to make an home-made royal icing. And I have to say it’s a lot of fun realizing these decorations as well.
Over the weekend, I decided to bake some cookies with my Vegan Shortcrust Pastry and make them look cuter, for a change. It’s not as complicated as it looks like, believe me. I know, they’re not perfect, but I think they’re cute enough.
What you’ll need is just some icing sugar and a tiny bit of water. You could then use some edible coloring to easily get any color you like. I decided to use natural ones, though. There’s so much color in nature. I used butterfly pea flowers, matcha powder and instant coffee to get three different pastel colors for my decorations.
I strongly suggest to use a small sac-a-poche for decorating the cookies. However, as I didn’t have one, I used some thick transparent plastic bags. I made a small hole on one edge and filled it with the icing. It kind of workes, I have to say.
Small tip: add a teaspoon of water at the time and mix well, if you add too much water the resulting icing would be too liquid for use.
Be creative and have fun!
Let’s be honest, the physical attracts me first. Then if you get to know the man’s mind and soul and heart, that’s icing on the cookie.
Lana Turner
Vegan Royal Iced Cookies
Equipment
- sac a poche
- Bowl
- baking tray
Ingredients
- 1 Shortcrust Pastry Look for the recipe of my delicious Vegan Pastry
- 200 gr Icing Sugar
- 1 tsp Butterfly Pea Flowers (Purple)
- 1 tsp Matcha Powder (Green)
- 1 tsp Instant Coffee (Brown)
- as required Water
Instructions
- Place the shortcrust pastry on a rolling mat, sprinkle with flour and roll out with a rolling pin. Move the dough around to prevent it from sticking.
- Once the dough is 0.5/1 cm thick, use a cookie cutter to cut out your cookies. You could alternatively use a glass and a knife to cut them out. Take away extra scraps to re-roll for more cookies. Place them on a non-stick baking sheet and bake at 180C for 12 minutes.
- Let the cookies cool down for about 20 min, and start preparing the icing. Leave the Butterfly Pea Flowers boiling in a tiny amount of water for about 10 min, until the water turns purple.
- Divide the Icing Sugar into 4 cups. Add some matcha powder in one of them and some instant coffee in another. To make the icing, start adding water a teaspoon at the time on each of the cups and mix well. For the purple color, add the purple water directly.
- Once the icing reaches a thick homogeneous consistency, fill the sac a poche and start decorating your cookies as you prefer! Leave it to rest for at least 2 hours and then enjoy!
Nutrition Facts
50 servings per container
Calories45
- Amount Per Serving% Daily Value *
- Total Fat
1.6g
3%
- Amount Per Serving% Daily Value *
- Total Carbohydrate
7.4g
3%
- Dietary Fiber 0.2g 1%
- Sugars 0.2g
- Protein 0.9g 2%
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
I do have a scientific mind, probably it’s the reason why I love to hide in the kitchen and start creating.
My cooking is healthy, fun and colorful… and really tasty!
What are you waiting for? Grab your apron and start creating with me!
