I made these cookies to sell at the concessions stand at the school musical that Girl was in. The show (“Into the Woods”) features all of the fairy tale characters, so I made cookies to represent all of the characters: a Witch (green hat and dress), Little Red Riding Hood (the red “cape”), “Milky White” the Cow, several princes and princesses (the crown with candy jewels), Jack (of Beanstalk fame) and his magic beans, the Hen that Jack stole from the Giant, Cinderella (the white sparkly slipper), Rapunzel (the blue dress), and a Baker and his wife (the bakery). The musical notes and stars are all purpose. The black bowler hat was a costume worn by our narrators and the black spangled, fringe-edged T-shirt was worn by our “Movement Chorus”.
I used my standard sugar cookie recipe with Wilton Meringue Powder (recipe on the box) royal icing. Make the thick version of the icing and use it to pipe a “dam” around the perimeter of each cookie, then thin it with a little water and blend to incorporate, then use that to fill in the rest of the cookie. Decorate with any desired sugar or sprinkles before the icing dries. If you want to pipe over it in another color (like the word “bakery” in blue on the house-shaped cookie), then let the base coat of icing dry first before piping over it.