Sugar Cookie Barn
Let’s do something unique! This year let’s make a Barn from sugar cookie and a simple royal icing. Now, if you are not making the cookies into a barn, just cut it out and decorate it with royal icing!
Ingredients
Sugar cookie
Royal Icing
Instructions
Sugar Cookie
  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
  2. In a stand mixer bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth and fluffy. .
  3. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Add the dry mixture gradually until the dough comes together. Wrap the dough with plastic wrap and chill for about 1 hour.
  4. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface. Cut out the shape using the template. For the front, back and sides, roll it out to 1/2 inch thickness. For the roof, roll it out to 1/4 inch roll. You want the roof to be thinner so it won’t be too heavy for the whole structure.
  5. Water down the food coloring and brush it unto the face of the cookies.
  6. Put the cookies on top of parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes then put it on the cooling rack.
  7. Using the royal icing, construct the barn together.
Royal Icing
  1. In the bowl of an electric mixer, whisk together the powdered sugar and meringue powder.
  2. Add the warm water and extract slowly. Beat at medium-high speed for about 5 minutes or until stiff peaks form.
Recipe Notes

Adapted from : Allrecipes and Food Network