Bridal Shower Cookies

Last weekend, I co-hosted a bridal shower for my best friend from law school.  I made wedding dress sugar cookies as a favor for the guests to take home with them.  I'd never made anything with royal icing before, so I studied up on blog posts to learn some tricks.  University of Cookie has some really great videos for beginners.  These cookies were a lot of work, but so much fun to make.  I can't wait to make my next batch of sugar cookies!


Sugar cookies are best made over the course of a few days.  Since the shower was on Sunday afternoon, I made the cookie dough on Thursday night and let it chill in the refrigerator for 24 hours.  On Friday night, I rolled out the dough, cut my wedding dress cookies, and baked them.  After they'd cooled, I put them in a tupperware, which I put in the freezer overnight.  On Saturday, I removed the tupperware from the freezer and let the cookies thaw while I made the royal icing.  I made this recipe.  However, I left out the corn syrup and the clear extract since I didn't have either.  By the time I had my bags filled with piping frosting and flood frosting, the cookies had defrosted enough to pull apart.  I spread them on cookie sheets on my kitchen counters.  I liked handling the semi-frozen cookies because the cookies felt sturdy.  In fact, I didn't break a single one!  

   Several hours later, after the flooded icing had dried, I used the piping frosting to add details to the wedding dresses.  This part was so much fun!  Which dress is your favorite? 

On Sunday morning, I placed each cookie in a clear treat bag and tied it with a plaid ribbon.  

Everyone at the shower loved them!