Few things in life are better than freshly baked cookies, but cookies baked and decorated at home with friends are the icing on the treat!

Delicately decorated sugar cookies have been blasted on social media platforms for a few months now, and it’s time to try to become a master baker. Gather your friends and family to bake, decorate, and sip at your home.

Pre-bake the cookies and set up a decorating station with icing, sprinkles, chocolate chips and any other toppings of your choice. Once friends arrive, the fun can begin! Pop open a bottle of KORBEL California Champagne and plan how you want to decorate. Each cookie can be a different theme or make them come together to tell a story.

Once the cookies have been decorated, post them to your Instagram Stories and have followers vote on which one they think is the sweetest in town! You’re guaranteed to become the new go-to for any custom treats!

Sugar Cookies

• Ingredients
  • 2 ¾ cups of all-purpose baking flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup of softened butter
  • 1 ½ cups white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Directions
  • Preheat the oven to 375 F
  • Combine flour, baking soda and baking powder in a small bowl
  • Beat together sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth
  • Beat in egg and vanilla
  • Gradually blend in flour mixture
  • Roll dough into small places and place two inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet
  • Bake for eight to 10 minutes or until edges are golden
  • Remove and cool before decorating

Sugar Cookie Icing

• Ingredients
  • 1 cup of confectioners’ sugar
  • 2 teaspoons milk
  • 2 teaspoons light corn syrup
  • ¼ teaspoon almond extract
  • Assorted food coloring
• Directions
  • Mix confectioners’ sugar and milk in a small bowl until smooth
  • Beat in corn syrupy and almond extract until smooth and glossy
  • Divide into separate bowls and add food colors to each desired intensity
  • Put icing into piping bags and decorate