How to Make Patriotic Cookies for the 4th of July | Cookies & Cards

unsalted butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil offers a dairy-free option while margarine is often less expensive.

white chocolate chips

🥗Healthier: dark chocolate chips

💰Cheaper: chocolate bars chopped

Dark chocolate adds antioxidants and chopped bars can be more economical.

Prepare royal icing by thinning it down to a loose consistency.

Use a brush to apply royal icing to the cookies, dabbing in the middle and pulling to the edges for a clean finish.

Sprinkle sanding sugar generously over the wet icing, then gently tip the cookie to remove excess sugar.

Add edible glitter on top of the cookies for decoration.

Prepare piping bags with red and blue icing for drizzle stripes on the cookies.

Using the piping bag, drizzle the icing back and forth over the cookies for decoration.

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