Once baked, let the cookies cool on a wire rack (13) and prepare the icing: pour the icing sugar into ... the center of a flower (23) or take inspiration from the simple decorated cookies we ...

Holding the cookie face down, lower it into the soft royal icing to coat the entire surface of the front of the cookie. Lift the cookie from the icing and allow the icing to drip back into the pan.

Karen Taylor started Love and Cookies, a custom cookie bakery in Olympia because it combined her love of art and baking.