Chocolate has long been integral to the Valentine's Day culinary experience. Truffles, molten cakes, frosted cupcakes, dark cacao puddings and brûlées, ganache-domed cakes and enrobed nuts - they all ...

Royal icing is the go-to stuff for picture-perfect sugar cookies, because it makes a neat, hard and glossy finish that professional bakers and home chefs love. This icing is rich and thick and may ...

Raelynn Potts and Brandon Roush from Auntie Rae's Dessert Island showed how to use royal icing to create beautiful leaf designs on sugar cookies. They also shared their recipe for a decadent cookie ...

Amanda Hansen from Cookie Concepts shows us how to make bridal themed royal icing cookies. For more information on Amanda and the variety of cookies she creates go here.

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The key to making these edible works of art is royal icing, the glossy mix of meringue powder, powdered ...

What's my number one holiday pet peeve? Cookies that taste like cardboard. Don't get me wrong: I'm a sucker for all things adorably decorated, and roll-out cookies are no exception. But just because ...