Taco Sugar Cookies with Printable Gift Tags

These Taco Sugar Cookies are absolutely darling and fun to create for any occasion. Grab the free printable tags below – perfect for gift giving and taco celebrations!

Sweet treats don’t get much cuter than these adorable sugar cookie tacos! They would be great to make for Cinco de Mayo festivities and fun to pair with these colorful Citrus Fruit Sugar Cookies.

Grab my free Cinco de Mayo Activity Printables and it’s truly a party!!

Too busy to make this right away? Pin it for later! Pin this easy recipe to your favorite board on Pinterest and it will be waiting there when you’re ready.

Sugar cookie dough is super versatile and easy to make with only a few ingredients from the grocery store. Start simple ingredients like with butter, granulated sugar and all purpose flour.

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.

Before you get started make sure that you have everything that you need to make and decorate these cookies. I found our cookie cutters and icing bottles at Michaels 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
• Food Writer

This is my grandma’s sugar cookie recipe – time tested and delicious. The only thing that I have changed over the years is swapped out shortening for butter.

How to make taco sugar cookies:

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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. I love quick mom hacks like this!

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

2. In a large bowl with electric mixer or stand mixer with paddle attachment, combine dry ingredients. Add butter, egg, milk and extract. Mix on medium speed until a soft dough forms.

3. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for at least one hour. This helps to prevent the dough from spreading when baked.

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 the prepared baking 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 60 taco shaped cookies.

Use my Easy Royal Icing Recipe to make the best icing for these cookies! You will need to create yellow, green, brown, orange, red and white icing to decorate these tacos.

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 15-20 seconds to become completely smooth.

These instructions will show you how to decorate taco cookies like these ones but have fun with this process! You could change up the taco toppings, colors and faces for a whole different look.

How to decorate taco sugar cookies:

1. Outline each cookie with a line of yellow icing, leaving a space at the rounded top.

2. Flood the center of each cookie with icing. Use a toothpick or scribe to coax icing into corners or spaces.

3. Add drops of green icing around the top edges to create “lettuce”.

4. Add drops of brown to create “meat”.

5. Add drops of red icing to the tacos to create “tomatoes”.

6. Finally, add orange icing to create “cheese”.

7. Allow the icing on the cookies to completely dry before moving on to the next step. This will take a minimum of two hours but four is ideal.

8. Use a black food writer to sketch little faces onto each taco.

9. Add pupils to the eyes with a dab of white icing.

Allow the icing to completely harden for at least four hours before packaging or storing the cookies. These look amazing wrapped in cellophane and tied up with a bit of twine.

Add my free printable gift tag and voila! You have a fun gift to give to someone special.

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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.

The kids absolutely loved these cookies! I am pretty sure that it was the cute little faces that won their hearts so now I am trying to think of other fun foods I can draw faces onto. Do you have any suggestions?! lol

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