Jumpstart January: Sugar Cookie Decorating Virtual Workshop with Kaite Thayer – Recording Available

This program was recorded and is temporarily available to view here!

Join Kaite Thayer of Thayer Treats in Bath for a cozy winter evening of sugar cookie decorating from the comfort of your home! This free program will take place on Zoom on Tuesday, January 14, at 6:30 p.m. as part of our Jumpstart January series!

Learn how to decorate sugar cookies with royal icing from the expert herself. We will be decorating penguin and snowflake sugar cookies (but what you learn can be applied to any design!) We will also learn about cookie tips and tricks and how to get perfect consistency in our icing to achieve beautiful results.

Watch the videos below to learn how to make the sugar cookies and royal icing ahead of time!

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Sugar Cookie recipe:

• 2 sticks softened butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• Flavor of choice 
• 3.25 cup AP flour
• 1/3 cup corn starch
• Cream together the butter and sugar until completely white and doubled volume. Add egg and flavor and mix well. Meanwhile, mix dry ingredients and add one spoonful at a time until dough cleans the sides of the bowl.
• Cut out shapes (round) and place on parchment paper. Freeze for at least 15 minutes then bake at 350° until light golden 11-15 minutes.

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Royal Icing recipe:

• 4 cups powder sugar
• 3 Tablespoons merengue powder (I prefer Wilton!)
• 1/4-1/2 cup warm water
• Mix dry ingredients
• Add your water to dry ingredients
• Heat mixture on high until white and fluffy
• Thin it with warm water, a teaspoon at a time
• Add colors
  • Detail consistency: black, orange
  • Hybrid consistency: white
  • Or whatever color you want your penguins!
• You can easily double triple or quadruple this batch to decorate more cookies!

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Supplies: You likely already have what you need to make the cookies and icing. If you want to get fancy, check out Kaite’s favorite supplies:

• Kaite’s favorite piping bags on Amazon
• Kaite’s favorite gel colors and diamond dust

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Kaite Thayer is the owner, baker, operator, social media manager, dishwasher, and taste tester of Thayer Treats in Bath, Maine. She offers specialty treats including macarons, cakes, hot chocolate bombs, sugar cookies, and more!

She also loves to teach and has taken her love of baking and translated it to fun informative classes. Follow her baking journey at Thayer Treats on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. Stay Sweet!