Stacked Wedding Cookies Homemade Wedding Favors

 Recipe for Stacked Wedding Cookies Homemade

Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Unsalted Butter
• 1 1/4 Cup Granulated Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 1 1/2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
• 3 Cups All Purpose Flour
• 1 1/2 Teaspoons Baking powder
• 1/4 Teaspoon Salt

Directions

1. In a stand mixer with a whisk attachment, cream together 1 cup of unsalted butter with 1 1/4 cup of granulated sugar. Add in the egg and vanilla extract, and mix. Add in the 3 cups all purpose flour, 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder with the salt. 
2. Roll out in between parchment paper, or on a Silpat mat. Place onto a half sheet tray, saran wrap completely. Chill for 20-30 minutes. 
3. Cut out 3 different sizes of cookies using a circle cutter for each tier.
4. Bake at 350°F for 8-12 minutes or until lightly golden. Cool for 5 minutes on baking tray before removing from the pan to prevent carry over cooking. 

Royal Icing

Ingredients

• 3 Cups Powdered Sugar
• 1/4 Teaspoon Cream of Tartar
• 2 Egg Whites
• Few Drops of Water
• Food Dye

Decorations

• Sugar Pearls 

Directions

1. In a stand mixer with a whisk attachment, whisk together 2 egg whites, 1/4 tsp cream of tartar, and the 3 cups powdered sugar until stiff. Add in a few drops of water until reached desired consistency, or pipe-able consistency. Add in food coloring of choice.
2. Once the cookies are completely cool, you can begin icing them. Outline each cookie with a small piping tip. Fill each cookie with icing. Once the icing has all harden, you can start stacking each tier onto the cookies, glueing them together with leftover icing
3. Glue each sugar pearls individually to decorate the cookies. 

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Wedding Favors Ideas

Ingredients for Sugar Cookie

In a stand mixer with a whisk attachment, cream together 1 cup of unsalted butter with 1 1/4 cup of granulated sugar. 

Add in the egg and vanilla extract, and mix.

Add in the 3 cups all purpose flour, 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder with the salt. 

Roll out in between parchment paper, or on a Silpat mat

Place onto a half sheet tray, saran wrap completely. Chill for 20-30 minutes. 

Cut out 3 different sizes of cookies using a circle cutter for each tier. 

Bake at 350°F for 8-12 minutes or until lightly golden.

Cool for 5 minutes on baking tray before removing from the pan to prevent carry over cooking. 

Ingredients for Royal Icing

In a stand mixer with a whisk attachment, whisk together 2 egg whites, 1/4 tsp cream of tartar, and the 3 cups powdered sugar until stiff

Add in a few drops of water until reached desired consistency, or pipe-able consistency.

Add in food coloring of choice. (red is used here until its pink)

Once the cookies are completely cool, you can begin icing them. Outline each cookie with a small piping tip.

Fill each cookie with icing. 

Once the icing has all harden, you can start stacking each tier onto the cookies, glueing them together with leftover icing

Glue each sugar pearls with leftover icing individually to decorate the cookies. You can pipe on pearls, but that requires a lot of skill (which I don't have)

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