This vanilla-almond royal icing recipe gives your cookies a softer bite while still being firm enough to harden and package.
I absolutely love the vanilla almond flavoring, but this royal icing recipe also works well with other extracts. It also makes a great royal icing base that can be mixed with cocoa powder for a chocolate flavored royal icing.
Try out different flavor combinations and make it your own!

These chocolate sugar cookies taste like a mixture of a brownie and a sugar cookie. The texture is is soft-to-medium (not as soft as a brownie, but not crunchy either). The cookies hold their shape well and are delicious with either royal icing or buttercream.