Food & Cooking Recipes Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes Donkey Sugar Cookie 2.5 (6) Add your rating & review By Martha Stewart Test Kitchen Martha Stewart Test Kitchen The recipes developed by our test kitchen team have undergone a rigorous process of development and testing, ensuring that every element is optimal, from ingredient amounts to method and cooking time. This process includes triple-testing recipes to ensure they meet our high standards. The many stellar cooks and food editors who have been part of our team include Sarah Carey, Lucinda Scala Quinn, Jennifer Aaronson, Shira Bocar, Anna Kovel, Greg Lofts, Riley Wofford, Lauren Tyrell, and Lindsay Leopold. Editorial Guidelines Updated on May 21, 2020 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Yield: 1 cookie No Christmas cookie Nativity scene would be complete without a friendly donkey; try this one from cookie artist Dani Fiori. Also try: Sheep Sugar Cookie, Gingerbread Nativity Creche Ingredients Royal Icing Black or white gel-paste food coloring 1 (8-inch) horse-shaped Sugar Cookie Cutout Coarse white or black sanding sugar Small nonpareils (optional) Brown gel-paste food coloring 2 small dragees Directions Mix together some royal icing with black and/or white gel paste until desired shade is reached. Transfer to a small squirt bottle with a wide tip. Leaving a 1/4-inch border, outline the body of the donkey. Draw several zigzags across entire surface of the outlined area. If necessary, use a toothpick to spread evenly. Sprinkle body with sanding sugar. If desired, sprinkle stomach and nose with nonpareils. Let dry. Mix together some royal icing with brown gel paste, if using, until desired shade is reached. Use brown or white icing to draw mane and tail. Use brown icing to draw hooves. Let dry completely. Rob Tannenbaum Rate it Print