This yummy checkers board is made from the Roll Out Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing and a colored candy like Skittles or M&M's.
For this cookie I cut the dough into squares and baked them. Dye some of the royal icing with black coloring. I find that the easiest way to do this is to use Wilton's Black Ready-To-Use Icing. I then used some edible markers and a ruler to make a grid pattern on each cookie. Now, I didn't do this, but I should have made a black outline around the edges of the cookies BEFORE filling the grid. That would have made the cookie look nicer.
Next I filled in each square alternating between black and white icings. I did this as quickly as possible because the icing will start to crust and the finished product will have ridges. Now that wouldn't be bad, but I wanted a seamless look like a real chess board. When this is all done, I let them dry for about 24 hours.
When everything was dry, I placed the colored candies on the spaces. All done! This is a fun way to play and eat with your treats!
*I know that I made a chess board but used checkered pieces, if you want to have red squares instead of white either dye the royal icing red before decorating or use a red edible marker to color the dried white squares.
For this cookie I cut the dough into squares and baked them. Dye some of the royal icing with black coloring. I find that the easiest way to do this is to use Wilton's Black Ready-To-Use Icing. I then used some edible markers and a ruler to make a grid pattern on each cookie. Now, I didn't do this, but I should have made a black outline around the edges of the cookies BEFORE filling the grid. That would have made the cookie look nicer.
Next I filled in each square alternating between black and white icings. I did this as quickly as possible because the icing will start to crust and the finished product will have ridges. Now that wouldn't be bad, but I wanted a seamless look like a real chess board. When this is all done, I let them dry for about 24 hours.
When everything was dry, I placed the colored candies on the spaces. All done! This is a fun way to play and eat with your treats!
*I know that I made a chess board but used checkered pieces, if you want to have red squares instead of white either dye the royal icing red before decorating or use a red edible marker to color the dried white squares.
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