Star-Spangled Sweets Cupcakes

Give your Independence Day celebration a pop of color with these cookie-topped treats. The cupcakes are enhanced with boldly decorated star cookies. The cupcakes are baked in Wilton Blue Celebration ColorCups baking cups for a festive flourish.

AmountEach treat serves 1.

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Ingredients

Roll-Out Cookie Dough
Royal Icing
Red-Red Icing Color
Royal Blue Icing Color
Favorite cupcake mix or recipe

Tools
Rolling Pin
6 pc. Nesting Star Cutter Set
Cookie Sheet
food-safe scissors
12 in. Disposable Decorating Bags
Round Cake Decorating Tip 3
Round Cake Decorating Tip 2
Round Cake Decorating Tip 1
Open Star Decorating Tip 14 Carded
ColorCups Celebrate Blue Cupcake Liners
Standard muffin pan
Large Round Tip 2A

Instructions

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Make cookies one day in advance. Prepare and roll out dough following recipe directions. Use second smallest star cutter (2 1/4 in.) from set to cut cookies. Bake and cool cookies.
Fill in cookies. Prepare royal icing following recipe directions. Tint portions red and blue. Reserve remaining white icing. Use tip 3, cut disposable decorating bag and full-strength colored icing to outline cookies. Use thinned colored icing to fill in outline. For striped cookies, use tip 2 and thinned red to flow in stripes before icing sets. Let dry overnight.
Decorate cookies. Use tip 1 and 2, and thinned white royal icing to pipe various sized dots on red and blue cookies. For striped cookies, use tip 14 and full-strength blue royal icing to pipe stars. Let dry, about 1 to 2 hours.
Make cupcakes. Prepare batter following recipe directions. Bake and cool cupcakes. Prepare buttercream icing following recipe directions. Use tip 2A and icing to pipe swirl on cupcake. Position star cookies on cupcakes.