Learn the basics of working with royal icing and create beautiful holiday cookies in this live online 90-minute Teachers Studio with sugar artist Amber Spiegel of SweetAmbs.

This workshop is appropriate for beginners. No prior cookie-decorating experience is necessary. You learn:

• How to thin royal icing to create a smooth base layer on a cookie
• How to color the icing
• How to prepare, fill, and hold a decorating bag for precise, controlled decorating
• How to make simple yet impressive cookie designs to share with family and friends

Guided by Amber, participants are welcome to follow along using icing and cookies they prepared ahead of time or just sit back and watch and try the techniques later on your own — the video is available on demand until June 2, 2027.

To prepare for this workshop, students are encouraged to watch Amber’s royal icing tutorial, Royal Icing 101. Amber’s royal icing recipe, cookie recipe, and link to watch Royal Icing 101 are available to participants upon registration.

Join Teachers Studio live on Wednesday, December 2, 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. PT). For registered participants, this class will be available on demand until June 2, 2027.

Pull up a chair and join this unique, shared experience. Your learning, your way—live, interactive, and from wherever you are.

Participants should have the following supplies, which can be purchased locally where available at a craft store or cake decorating supply store, or find them on Amber’s Amazon Storefront:

• 1 batch of royal icing in an airtight container
• 6 baked round cookies, about 3 inches in diameter
• 5 tipless decorating bags
• 5 bag ties or clips
• 1 scriber needle or toothpick
• Red, green, and yellow gel food coloring (Amber recommends using natural food coloring such as The Sugar Art)
• Squeeze bottle with water or cup of water
• Small rubber spatula
• 1 container with lid, about 2-cup size
• 2 containers with lids, about 1/2-cup size
• Damp paper towel
• Tall cup of water to hold spatula between uses
• Scissor