Adding a painted watercolor effect to cookies is an great way to make beautiful, decorated cookies without using more royal icing! These Painted Sugar Cookies are a unique and fun cookie decorating idea that is easy for beginners and everyone in between. Great as holiday cookies!

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Watercolor sugar cookies are delectable bites of edible art. Learn how to make watercolor sugar cookies, and awaken the artist in you.

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How freaking cute are these Hand-Painted Sugar Cookies?!They’re a favorite from my nanny days. That’s right—this is one cookie decorating method that is surprisingly kid-friendly. No soon-to-be-har…

Recipe Published: Dec 18, 2022 Written by: Jasma

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Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies with Watercolor Icing: These crisp, airy cookies taste like old-fashioned bakery cookies—but they're decorated in a totally modern way that's fun and so kid-friendly. The "canvas" is royal icing, and the "paint" is just food coloring!

This Hungarian artist, who goes by Mezesmanna on Instagram, takes simple gingerbread cookies, and turns them into intricate pieces of edible art. She creates all kinds of designs on them, like lace patterns, flowers, or even full pictures of animals and pets.