Here’s a fun technique to use when decorating cookies with the kids. Follow my easy tutorial on coloring egg whites to Paint Cookies Using Egg Whites. Have a fun cookie decorating time at your birthday parties, and this holiday season.
Painting Cookies with Egg Whites
You’ll Need:
- Sugar Cookie Dough
- Non-Stick Baking Paper – Parchment Paper, or something similar
- Egg Whites – Divided – I divided 3 egg whites into 6 Dixie Cups
- Food Coloring
- Paint Brushes
Now, on to the fun!:
- Here’s my easy breezy sugar cookie shape method:
- Just place the dough, into individual cookie sizes onto a sheet of non-stick parchment paper (the parchment paper should already be placed onto the baking sheet)
- Roll the dough for each cookie cutter
- Place the cookie cutter down onto the dough to make your shape, pull the extra dough away from the outside of the cookie-cutter, and lift the cutter up, and away
- When you’ve got the shapes you want, place them into the oven to bake for 8 minutes, or until the cookies are just a few minutes away from being done
- While those are baking, prepare your paints
- Color the egg whites that you have divided up into cups or bowls – LEAVE ONE EGG WHITE CLEAR
- Pull the almost baked cookies out of the oven out of the oven
- Using your clear egg white, brush each cookie with a coating of egg white – this provides a seal for the colored egg whites, so they won’t disappear into the cookie
- Using scissors, cut around each cookie so that each kid has a cookie with parchment paper underneath, and place each cookie onto plates for the kids to paint
- Let the kids use the different colored egg whites to paint their creations
- Bake their finished cookies a few more minutes to cook the egg white, and finish baking the cookie
~ Melissa – KidFriendlyThingsToDo.com – fun foods, recipes, crafts, party ideas, home & garden, and fun things to do with the whole family!
