This method for decorating sugar cookies is perfect for kids, because it's easy. First you paint on a corn syrup glaze, and then add sprinkles and other decorations. You will need:
• Baked sugar cookies, cut into festive shapes
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup (more if you have more than 30 cookies)
• A clean, never-used paint brush
• Colored sugar and/or sprinkles
• Gel icing and/or cookie icing for decorating
Pour 1/4 cup of the corn syrup into a microwave-safe container. Heat on high 4-10 seconds, depending on the strength of your microwave. You want the corn syrup to spread easily, but you don't want it to be so thin that it just drizzles off the cookies.
Dip the clean paint brush in the warmed corn syrup and paint it onto the cookies. If you want to make a pattern, such as stripes, just paint the corn syrup on the cookies in stripes (see Step 4 for what the cookies will look like).
Sprinkle colored sugar over the cookies generously to make sure the sugar adheres well to the corn syrup glaze.
Tilt the cookies to the side, pouring off the excess colored sugar. If you painted stripes on the cookies, you will see the sugar adhered only to the corn syrup stripes, not the whole cookie. If you painted the whole cookie, this step just lets you clean up the cookies a bit.
Now you can outline the cookies with gel icing or cookie icing, or draw in stripes if you're decorating stocking cookies or candy canes.
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