Shortly after I completed my cake decorating course (link here), I applied the techniques that I learned to decorate cookies. I made royal icing (recipe from Joy of Baking) for the first time and bought a good paint brush to flood sugar cookies.
I’ve never liked the taste of iced sugar cookies, but I would consider these to be good recipes, because the texture and taste are very similar to the store-bought ones. They were very popular when I brought them into work. Also, if you like the taste of almond extract, you’ll probably like these.
I use the recipe for sugar cookies from Joy of Baking when I’m decorating with icing. See here for my favourite plain sugar cookies recipe.
Cooking with Alison 