Grinch Sugar Cookies #TheGrinch

Icing ingredients

4 egg whites
1/2 tsp cream of tarter
1/2 tsp vanilla
4 1/2 C powder sugar
Green, Golden Yellow and Black gel food coloring
3 disposable piping bags fitted with a number 2 tip
1 squeeze bottles

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside

Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, powder sugar, vanilla and egg and mix until combined and creamy

Using a large bowl, combined the flour, baking soda and cream of tarter

Gradually add in the dry ingredients and mix on low speed

Using your hands continue to mix until fully combined

Lightly flour a cutting board and knead the cookie dough a couple of times

Roll out the dough to about 1/2 inch thick

Cut out 12 circles and place onto a cookie sheet

Bake for 8 minutes or until lightly golden brown

Repeat steps until completely out of dough

Let cookies cool completely

Royal Icing Directions:

Using the standing mixer, combine the egg whites, cream of tarter, vanilla and powder sugar and mix until combined and stiff peaks form

Split icing into 3 bowls, only needing a about 3 tablespoons of white icing in the second and third bowl

Add 1-2 drops of Green into one of the three bowls.

Add a few drops of golden yellow into the second bowl

Add a few drops of black gel coloring into the third bowl

Mix until the colors are blended and the shades you want

Scoop about 1/4 C of icing into their own bags. You should have 3 piping bags, one for golden yellow, Black, and green

Add 2-4 tsp of water into the remaining green icing bowls and mix until combined.

Pour the icing into a squeeze bottle

Using the green icing, pipe a line around the edging of the circle

Fill in the circle with the thinned green icing and allow to dry over night

Using the black icing, pipe out the detail of the Grinch’s face

Using the golden yellow piping bag, fill in the spot for the eyes

Using the black icing, pipe the pupils of the eyes

Allow to dry for an hour before enjoying!