How to Make Domino® Golden Sugar Measuring Cup Cookies

Categories: Baking

Follow along with this tutorial from Cookie Artist Baked Ideas.

Step 1: Make the cookies:

Create your Golden Sugar Cookies using this recipe: Golden Sugar Cookies Then, make a template in the shape of a measuring cup from stiff paper or cardboard.

TIP: You can also use a cookie cutter of a mug and add a small piece of dough at the top edge of the mug cookie to look like a spout!

Use the template to hand cut the shapes from the dough, rolled to 1/4 inch thick.

TIP: Freezing the rolled dough will make it easier to cut out the shapes. Place the cookies shapes on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake at 350F until edges are slightly brown, 10 - 14 minutes. Allow cookies to cool.

Step 2: Prepare the icing and ice the cookies:

Prepare small bowls of colored royal icing, you may use this recipe (Royal Icing) in the amounts you will need, depending on how many cookies you are decorating. Make white, black, and gold color. Keep your bowls of icing covered with plastic wrap or wet paper towel at all times to prevent drying out. Put the white icing, in the consistency of toothpaste, into a piping bag fitted with a small #1.5 tip. Pipe a line on the cookie defining the shape of the measuring cup with the white icing. Allow them to sit for a couple of minutes. With a looser white icing, use a brush to paint in the measuring cup. Let the side of the brush glide across the cookie making sure that the cookie is covered and the icing is smooth. This takes some practice but is so easy and satisfying when you get it!

Allow cookies to completely harden, possibly overnight. When the white icing is completely dry, thin out the Golden Sugar colored icing with some water. Using a brush, paint in an area on HALF of the cookies to make them look like they contain Golden Sugar. This layer of icing can be thin since there is already a layer of white icing beneath it. Let dry until hard.

Step 3: Re-outline the cookies and make the measurement lines:

Put black icing, the consistency of toothpaste, in a piping bag fitted with a #1.5 tip. Outline the measuring cups including the curved line that defines the white sugar and Golden sugar levels in the cups. Add the measurement lines.

Step 4: OPTIONAL Paint in the shadows:

Put a teaspoon of water in a small dish. Add a toothpick drop of black food coloring. Dip a small brush into the “paint” and blot on a paper towel. Paint in the shadows along the sides of the measuring cup cookies. If the color is too dark, add more water to the mixture. If it’s too pale, add a tiny amount of black food color.

TIP: If you prefer, or you are working with kids, try using edible markers for the black outline and measurement lines.

Meet the Chef:

Patti Paige

@bakedideas

Patti Paige is an artist, baker, and owner of Baked Ideas, a custom bakery in New York City. She and her small staff decorate cookies and cakes that reflect her affinity for clean simple design, vibrant color, originality, humor and artistic flair. Memories of the shaped cookies her grandmother used to make, a master’s degree in painting, and a lifelong habit of making things in and out of the kitchen, have resulted in confections that are as fun and fabulous to look at as they are to eat.