These Basketball Cookies are sugar cookies decorated with royal icing. They're great for birthday parties, March Madness and every day! Make them now. Whether you're celebrating a big win, throwing a basketball-themed birthday party, or just looking for a fun baking project, these easy basketball sugar cookies with royal icing are a slam dunk.
Some birthday requests are simple-cake, balloons, maybe a trip to their favorite restaurant. I swear I'm going to use up my whole bottle of orange color trying to get my small amount of icing to look like a basketball! I've used orange and some brown to try to darken it Any tips on how to make my icing color more of a basketball orange, opposed to a peachy orange? Thanks! So why did the color change, why are basketballs orange? The visibility factor played a role in the color change. Brown ball was difficult for the players and fans to see, so it became orange.
Basketball Orange Color To achieve basketball orange icing I used an orange gel food color as my base. And to orange, I added a minuscule amount of red. How to make BASKETBALL COOKIES with royal icing tutorial Cookies Ideas 1.85K subscribers.
Check out our basketball royal icing selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our cookies shops. To make decorated basketball cookies you will need: Light orange or yellow piping and flood icing {this is a great time to use up random leftovers} Orange airbrush color Nylon netting Embroidery hoop Black piping icing Begin by outlining and flooding the cookie as pictured below. Your creations never looked so fun with these Royal Icing Decorations.
These edible ready-made royal icing creations offer a way of decorating cupcakes or cakes hassle free for both professional and amateur decorators. Add some fun to your creation! Quantity: 144 pieces Approximate Size: 1". Frost and decorate when cool.
Yields ~40 cookies. Royal Icing Ingredients: 4 cups powdered sugar, sifted 2 tbsp. meringue powder 5 tbsp.
water Directions: Combine all ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on low speed until the sheen has disappeared and the icing has a matte appearance (about 7-10 minutes). Here's what you'll need to make these basketball cookies! Chilled sheet of cookie dough (use chocolate for the basketballs, any flavor for the backboard) Basketball templates (above) 2" round cookie cutter Knife to cut the cookies Wax paper for piping royal icing transfers Flood consistency royal icing in white, orange, and black.