How to Decorate a Hamburger Sugar Cookie

Directions

• 1

  Bake and cool cookies before decorating. Make sure cookies are fully cooled. If they are warm, the icing will run off of them. Make royal icing. Learn how to mix different consistencies of royal icing here>>

  Prepare the following icing colors:
  
  Piping Consistency:
  Light Brown
  Dark Brown
  Yellow
  Red
  
  Flood Consistency:
  Light Brown

  
• 2

  Using the light brown piping consistency icing, outline the top and bottom buns of the burger.

  
• 3

  With light brown flood consistency icing, flood these two sections, moving the icing around with a toothpick or scribe tool to ensure full coverage and to eliminate any air bubbles. Let these sections dry for 10-20 minutes until crusted over.

  
• 4

  Using the dark brown piping consistency royal icing, outline the "meat" section above the bottom "bun" section.

  
• 5

  Fill the “meat” section with brown flood consistency icing, and wait until this flood has just crusted over before moving to the next step.

  
• 6

  Using a scribe tool or toothpick, move around the dark brown icing to create texture on the "meat" section. This will feel like you are messing up the icing, but will create a realistic ground beef texture to your burger. Let this section dry for 10-20 minutes to set.

  
• 7Pipe small dots of the white piping consistency royal icing on the top section of the burger "bun." Moving quickly, drag your scribe tool or toothpick through the middle of each dot to create a sesame seed shape.
  
• 8Using the yellow piping consistency royal icing, pipe a line to look like melted cheese above the meat section. Use your scribe tool or toothpick to smooth out the icing. Let this section dry for 10-20 minutes.
  
• 9Using the red piping consistency royal icing, pipe a thin layer above the cheese to be the tomato. Let this section dry for 10-20 minutes.
  
• 10Cut your green piping consistency icing bag on a 45 degree angle. Alternatively, you can use a petal shaped piping tip such as Wilton 102.
  
• 11

  Pipe the green lettuce in alternating directions to create a realistic design. You can stop and start piping when changing directions and ensure all sections are filled in to cover the section.