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Royal Icing Recipe for Decorating Cookies

This royal icing recipe creates a smooth, glossy finish perfect for cookie decorating, outlining, and flooding. Learn the best icing consistency tips and how to use Americolor food coloring for vibrant, professional-looking designs.
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Best Cut-Out Sugar Cookie Recipe for Cookie Decorating

This no-spread roll-out sugar cookie recipe holds its shape perfectly, making it ideal for decorated cookies. With a buttery flavor and soft texture, it’s the best dough for holiday cookies, custom orders, and royal icing designs.
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Chocolate Chip Cut-Out Cookie Recipe for Cookie Decorating

Enjoy the classic taste of chocolate chip cookies in a dough that holds its shape for cookie decorating. This cut-out recipe bakes soft, flavorful cookies with crisp edges—perfect for cut-out cookies and royal icing designs.
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How to Make Skull on Books CookiesDecorating TutorialsBeginner BasicsRecipesHow to Make Skull on Books Cookies

If you purchased our Halloween Bundle Box earlier this month, these Witch Kit cookies will probably look familiar. This 4-piece cookie cutter set was included in the Halloween box deal, and I'm excited to finally be able to show you these designs all decorated. I had a ton of fun making these cookies. They aren't too challenging to complete, which I love, yet the overall design is still impressive to all who receives them.

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How to Make a Birthday Cookie PlatterDecorating TutorialsBeginner BasicsRecipesHow to Make a Birthday Cookie Platter

When I asked for cookie platter design requests a few months ago, "birthday" was the number one request. After racking my brain on a way to fit two designs around a circular platter, I'm pretty giddy with the idea I came up with.

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How to Make a Patriotic Ice Cream Cookie PlatterDecorating TutorialsBeginner BasicsRecipesHow to Make a Patriotic Ice Cream Cookie Platter

This ice cream cookie platter design is great for summer parties, but because of the upcoming Independence Day holiday, I thought adding a patriotic theme to it would be an interesting twist.

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How to Make a Baseball Cookie PlatterDecorating TutorialsBeginner BasicsRecipesHow to Make a Baseball Cookie Platter

I've gotten a lot of requests for sports cookie platters, and this baseball design is the first of hopefully many more of this sport series.

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How to Make a Camping Cookie PlatterDecorating TutorialsBeginner BasicsRecipesHow to Make a Camping Cookie Platter

One of my favorite summer activities is camping. Since, it's been almost a decade since I last made camping cookies, I thought this summer would be the perfect time to revisit new camping designs.

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How to Make a Flamingo Cookie PlatterDecorating TutorialsBeginner BasicsRecipesHow to Make a Flamingo Cookie Platter

Flamingos and Florida always seemed associated with each other. However, as a Floridian myself, the only flamingos I've run across are the plastic lawn decor variety.

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How to Make a Nerdy Cactus Cookie SetDecorating TutorialsBeginner BasicsRecipesHow to Make a Nerdy Cactus Cookie Set

For Teachers Appreciation this year, we designed something for the plant lovers out there. This Nerdy Cactus cookie set may look complicated due to its multiple parts, but trust me, it's one of the easiest to complete. I'll show you how down below.

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How to Make Mexican Dress CookiesDecorating TutorialsBeginner BasicsRecipesHow to Make Mexican Dress Cookies

Cinco de Mayo is less than a month away. And to prepare, I created cookies for the occasion. Side note, after 13 years of decorating cookies, I can't believe this is the first time I've made Cinco de Mayo cookies. The first week of May has always be packed full of other holidays (Teacher Appreciation, Nurses Week, May the 4th Be with You, etc.) and I guess Cinco de Mayo has never made the cut. Well, it's time I change that.

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Mike Tamplin

Hey, I’m Mike Tamplin! Co-founder and Cookie Designer of Semi Sweet Designs. My mission is to inspire bakers to create incredible cookies and even turn their passion into a business. At Semi Sweet Designs, we craft durable, fun tools for cookie decorators and bakers, along with merch that celebrates the baking community. Let’s make something sweet!

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