3 Disposable Piping Bags Fitted With a Number 2 Tip
1 Squeeze Bottle
Instructions
Instructions for Grinch Sugar Cookies
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, combine the flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar.
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.
Instructions for Royal Icing
Using the standing mixer, combine the egg whites, cream of tartar, vanilla and powder sugar and mix until combined and stiff peaks form.
Split icing into 3 bowls, putting approximately 3 tablespoons of white icing each in the second and third bowls.
Add 1-2 drops of Green into the first 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 Cup of icing into each of the three 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 in the bowl and mix until combined.
Pour the icing into a squeeze bottle.
Using the green icing, pipe a line around the edge of the circle on each cookie.
Fill in the circle with the thinned green icing and allow to dry overnight.
Using the black icing, pipe out the details 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 cookies to dry for an hour before enjoying!
Notes
Please note that nutrition facts are subject to change based on your choice of ingredients. Because the nutrition facts for the icing can vary based on how much is used, we have only included the calories for the base cookie. For this recipe, depending on how much icing you use, your calories and other nutrition facts per serving may vary as there will be icing left over.When you make the icing, you will have extra - particularly of the yellow icing as you will not likely need the full 1/4 cup of icing to fill in the yellows of the Grinch's eyes. If you need a more accurate nutrition facts estimation based on how much icing you use, we suggest weighing the icing before you use it, and then weigh how much remains when you have finished decorating the cookies. Then calculate from there.For example, the icing recipe in total is 2,179 calories. If you only use all of the icing, you'll add 181 calories to each cookie. You won't need nearly that much though. You just need to make enough icing to have some extra in case of errors.