Frosted Christmas Cookie Bouquet

🎄 Frosted Christmas Cookie Bouquet

This Frosted Christmas Cookie Bouquet is more than just a dessert — it’s a festive centerpiece, edible gift, and showstopping craft all in one. Delicate shortbread cookies are baked into charming holiday shapes, then decorated with royal icing, sugar pearls, edible glitter, and candy canes. Once dried, they’re assembled into a stunning bouquet with decorative paper and fir branches, tied with a holiday ribbon. Perfect for gifting or dressing up your holiday table! 🍪🎀❄️

🧁 Makes: 20 Cookies

• Prep Time: 30 minutes
• Bake Time: 12 minutes

🛒 Ingredients

For the Shortbread Cookies:

• 300g all-purpose flour 🌾
• 150g unsalted butter, softened 🧈
• 120g granulated sugar 🍬
• 1 large egg 🥚
• 1 pinch of salt 🧂
• 1 tsp vanilla extract 🌿

For the Royal Icing:

• 250g icing sugar 🍚
• 1 egg white 🥚
• 1 tsp lemon juice 🍋

Decorations:

• Mini candy canes 🍭
• Edible gold glitter ⭐
• White sugar pearls ❄️
• Red food coloring 🍪 (for accent icing)
• Decorative fir branches (not edible) 🌲
• Red ribbon + decorative paper 🎀

👩‍🍳 Preparation