How to Make Dragonfly Sugar Cookies
These dragonfly sugar cookies are absolutely darling and totally fun to create. Follow this step by step tutorial to make your own!
Sugar cookie dough is super versatile and easy to make with only a few ingredients from the grocery store. Start with simple ingredients like butter, granulated sugar and all purpose flour.
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I have a fondness for dragonflies, this blog used to be named Twin Dragonfly Designs after all, so these cookies have a special place in my heart!
Before you get started make sure that you have everything that you need to make and decorate these cookies. Our cookie cutters are from the new line at Wilton Bakes but you can also order them from Amazon below.
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Sugar cookie supplies:
- KitchenAid Stand Mixer
- Baking sheets
- Parchment paper
- Rolling pin
- Mixing bowls
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Cookie cutters
- Icing bottles
- Wire cooling rack
- Cookie scribe or toothpick
This is my grandma’s classic sugar cookie recipe – time tested and delicious. The only thing that I have changed over the years is swapped out shortening for butter.
Dragonfly sugar cookies:
Ingredients:
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 large egg
- 4 Tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
Tip: Pre-made Pillsbury refrigerated sugar cookie dough can be used to create these cookies as well. Simply add 1/4 cup of flour to the dough, combine well and roll as directed.
Directions:
1. In a large bowl with electric mixer or stand mixer with paddle attachment, combine dry ingredients. Add butter, egg, milk and vanilla. Mix at medium speed until a soft dough forms.
2. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for at least one hour. This helps to prevent the dough from spreading when baked.
3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
4. Dust your surface with flour and use a rolling pin to roll the dough to 1/4″ thickness.
5. Use cookie cutters to cut shapes from the dough. Place the cookies on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
6. Bake until the cookies are lightly brown around the edges, about 7 minutes.
7. Place the cookies on a wire rack to cool.
This recipe will make about 36 dragonfly shaped cookies.
Use my Easy Royal Icing Recipe to make the best icing for these cookies! You will need green, blue and black royal icing.
Be sure to set aside enough time to decorate these cookies, you may even want to spread it over a few days. When adding details it’s important to wait until the layer of flooded icing is completely dry otherwise the icing may crack and the colors will bleed.
Royal icing tips:
- If the icing is too hard, add more water one drop at a time.
- If the icing is too soft, add more powdered sugar one teaspoon at a time.
- Icing can be stored at room temperature in a an airtight container for up to two weeks.
- To use, mix the royal icing with a hand mixer so that it becomes smooth and shiny again.
- Flood consistency is reached when a spoonful dropped onto a flat surface takes 10-15 seconds to become completely smooth.
These instructions will show you how to decorate pretty dragonfly cookies like these ones. Have fun with this process – you can decorate them with all sorts of colors and designs!
How to decorate dragonfly cookies:
1. Outline the wings of the dragonfly with icing.
2. Fill the wings with icing. Use a toothpick or scribe to coax icing into corners or spaces.
3. Before the icing dries, add a line of the opposite color to the wings.
4. Use a scribe to pull and swirl the icing around the wings.
5. Use the black icing to add a dragonfly head and body to the cookie.
Allow the icing to completely harden for at least four hours before packaging or storing the cookies. These look amazing wrapped in cellophane and packaged up with a bit of twine.
These darling cookies would be perfect for a birthday party or baby shower! You could easily customize them to match the color scheme of your event.
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Some of my baking essentials:
- I love using this non-stick bakeware for all of my baking.
- These silicone mitts are perfect for grasping hot pans and baking dishes.
- This Henckel Knife is my favorite for slicing and dicing in the kitchen.
- These parchment paper bags are perfect for packaging and these large Rubbermaid food storage containers are great for storing baking in the freezer.
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Dragonfly Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup butter room temperature
- 1 large egg
- 4 Tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- 1. In a large bowl with electric mixer or stand mixer with paddle attachment, combine dry ingredients. Add butter, egg, milk and vanilla. Mix at medium speed until a soft dough forms.
- 2. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for at least one hour. This helps to prevent the dough from spreading when baked.
- 3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- 4. Dust your surface with flour and use a rolling pin to roll the dough to 1/4" thickness.
- 5. Use cookie cutters to cut shapes from the dough. Place the cookies on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
- 6. Bake until the cookies are lightly brown around the edges, about 7 minutes.
- 7. Place the cookies on a wire rack to cool.
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