• Make 1 batch of the sugar cookie recipe. While the cookies cool, make the royal icing. Allow the cookies to cool completely before decorating.
• Dye food coloring according to the chart in the blog post.

Decorate Black Cat Cookies

• Mix ¼ cup icing with green gel dye. Add to a piping bag and cut a tiny hole across the tip.
• Add drops of black food dye into the rest of the royal icing and mix. Fill a piping bag with icing and a small hole across the tip of the bag.
• Outline the cookie with black icing by following the edge and then fill in. Repeat for all of the cookies.
• Fill a shallow bowl with black sanding sugar. Start dipping the first cookie you iced into the sanding sugar. Make sure to go in the order of first iced to last to allow for some drying time. Flood icing is thin and the weight of the sprinkles can cause a mess.
• Using the green icing, pipe two green dots for eyes. Use a scribe tool or toothpick to gently shape it to be cat eyed.
• Get a small drop of black icing on the tip of the scribe tool or toothpick. Place the drop in the center of the green eye and pull up. Repeat for the other eye.

Store

• Let the cookies fully dry (12-24 hours) before gifting. Store them in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week.