Easy peasy to decorate like a pro.
Morgan Webber
The Smush Test - how Morgan can tell that a cookie is as soft as it should be and the icing is tender enough to bite through
Step 1: With the top of the tree closest to you, pipe 5 dollops outline icing in a row along bottom edge.
Step 2: Using palette knife or popsicle stick, press into each dollop and pull toward yourself. Repeat.
Step 3: Repeat for entire cookie, making one less dollop in each row.
Step 4: Fill in trunk of tree with vertical lines of icing, moving piping forward and back.
Step 1: Fill plate with one color flood icing.
Step 2: Using another color, pipe vertical lines on top of base color. With third color, pipe horizontal lines on top of both.
Step 3: Place cookie on top of icing, tapping down on all edges.
Step 4: Gently, but with a firm grasp on cookie, lift out of icing. Let icing drip a few seconds.
Step 5: Viola! Place on cookie sheet to dry.