Fireworks Celebration Cookies

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Author: Sally

Published: 06/23/2023

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Let me show you an easy way to make and decorate fireworks celebration cookies.

These fun and festive treats start with my tried-and-true recipe for soft sugar cookies.

Some colored icing and sparkly sprinkles are all you need to top these dazzling firework

cookies, which are easy enough for cookie-decorating rookies. Whichever holiday or

occasion you love to celebrate with fireworks, these cookies are the perfect way to light

up your tastebuds.
Today I’m sharing with you my simple method for making and decorating cookies like

colorful fireworks. You can use flower and star cookie cutters, and choose from my 2
favorite cookie icings below. (I include my royal icing recipe in the printable recipe

card.) Finish them off with some shimmery sprinkles and get ready for everyone to

ooh and ahh when you serve these fireworks celebration cookies—they’re sure to spark

excitement!

For today’s firework cookies, I use my classic sugar cookies recipe. No surprise there,

because it’s one of the most popular recipes on my website! I added a little lemon

extract and zest for flavor, but that’s completely optional. If you want to give your

fireworks a dark-sky background, you can take this decorating inspiration and use it on

my chocolate sugar cookies.

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All the Details!
 ● Texture: Rolling the dough out to 1/4-inch thickness makes for extra soft

and thick sugar cookie centers. The edges are nice and crisp, and the royal

icing on top adds a textural contrast as well.

● Flavor: Sweet, vanilla- and lemon-hinted, and irresistibly buttery, who knew

simple sugar cookies could explode with so much flavor!?

● Ease: The dough comes together easily, but if you want the cookies to look

like the photos here, you’ll need a few decorating tools. See the full list of

Recommended Tools below.

● Time: I recommend setting aside an afternoon for making and decorating

these fireworks celebration cookies. It’s typically 4 hours from start to

finish, depending on the level of decorating detail you want. The cookies

stay fresh and soft for days, so this is a great make-ahead dessert!

Overview: How to Make Party-Perfect Fireworks

Celebration Cookies
​ Make cookie dough. You need 8 ingredients for the dough. With so few

ingredients, it’s important to follow the recipe exactly. Creamed butter and

sugar provide the base of the cookie dough. Egg gives the dough structure,

and vanilla, lemon extract, and lemon zest add flavor. Flour is an obvious

ingredient, baking powder adds a little lift, and salt balances the sweet.

​ Divide in 2 pieces. Smaller sections of dough are easier to roll out.

​ Roll out cookie dough. Roll it out to 1/4-inch thickness.