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Notebook Paper Sugar Cookies for Back to School

Modified: Oct 22, 2024 · Published: Aug 27, 2016 by Dannyelle Nicolle-Ramjist · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

Notebook Paper Sugar Cookies for Back To School: The perfect treat to celebrate Back To School. Full instructions on how to make them.

Back to school notebook paper sugar cookies.
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  • Sugar Cookies
  • White Icing Background
  • Adding the Blue and Red Lines
  •  More Back to School Ideas

One week and counting until Back To School around here.  What softens the blow for little hearts thinking about school with a little dread, a little worry, and a little excitement all mixed together?  Notebook Paper Back To School Sugar Cookies.

back to school sugar cookies

I love sugar cookies, but I’m far from an expert cookie decorator.  These ones are pretty simple to put together, even for me who was trying this fancy icing flooding for the first time.  They’re not perfect, but I think they’re perfectly imperfect…and they’re delicious and almost too cute to eat, almost. 😉

how to make back to school sugar cookies

Sugar Cookies

Start with making your favourite sugar cookies…or buying a prepared dough and just rolling them out, or using a cookie dough mix.  Your choice, whatever suits.  Cut them into squares, or rectangles -think paper sheet shape.  Bake them and let them cool.

White Icing Background

Now for the tricky bit.  You’re going to make icing and flood your cookies so you get a nice, smooth, hard layer of icing.  I used a recipe that called for a cup of icing sugar and 2 tablespoons of milk combined.  I used this as a starting place.

If I were doing this again, I might use a different recipe for the icing, I think one with egg whites or meringue powder instead of milk would have hardened up even more and more quickly too.

My friend who makes beautiful cookies all the time advised that the first batch of icing should have the consistency of toothpaste.  This thicker icing is piped around the edge of the cookie first.  Next you add some more milk to the icing until it’s runnier, she said it should disappear when dripped back into the bowl from a spoon within a second or two.  

I used a ziplock bag with the corner snipped off for an easy icing bag.  I made small amounts of icing and made more as I needed it.  The cookies didn’t come out perfectly, but I’m pretty happy with them as a first attempt at this method, and here to tell you to be brave and try it, and give yourself permission to not be perfect on your first attempt.

making notepaper sugar cookies

Once they're iced with the white icing, leave the cookies out overnight for the icing to harden.  I left mine two days.  You want the icing to be hard enough to write on with the markers.

decorating sugar cookies with edible markers

Adding the Blue and Red Lines

I used edible markers to make the lines of the paper, you can find them at the craft store.  Use a ruler to make your lines straight and don’t press too hard.

back to school sugar cookies

I planned to use some black gel icing to write on the cookies “ACB”, or my kid's names.  But, I loved how they looked plain.  I might add this detail for our Back To School Dinner -see last years here.  Or, I might let my girls write on them themselves at the dinner.

Notebook paper sugar cookies

With Notebook Paper Sugar Cookies for Back to School, life really is a party!

 More Back to School Ideas

You might also like Back To School Apple Truffle Pops

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You might also enjoy our Free Printable Lunch Box Notes here.

Free Printable Lunch Box Notes: perfect for the first week of school to remind your little one how special they are, paired with a little treat.

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