There are many different ways to add dimension to decorated sugar cookies. Adding texture, shading, and royal icing transfers can bring life to your creations.

My favorite way to add dimension to my cookies is by using royal icing transfers. These can be flowers, small seasonal images or in the case of this cookie, Easter Eggs.

Instead of piping the eggs onto the cookie itself you pipe them onto parchment paper. They are then left over night to dry. I “speckled” these eggs by using edible gold paint and a brush to splatter them.

Why transfers? They allow you to create several items at one time. You can then come back and add details with edible paint or marker. After the transfers are dry you “glue” them to the cookie using royal icing.

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