![stand-up menorah cookies](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/craft/content/uploads/2015/12/29170332/download-2020-09-29T160311.257.jpeg)
Hanukkah’s about to get lit! These stand-up menorah cookies, which are made by attaching cookie pieces to the back for balance, are the perfect way to end any of those eight festive nights.
3D Menorah Cookies
Level: Easy
What You Need
Instructions
1. Roll and Cut
Roll out the sugar cookie dough to about 5 mm thick and cut out a dozen circles with a cookie cutter. Then, using a knife, cut away a third of the circle before cutting the smaller piece in half.
2. Bake the Cookies
![baked sugar cookies for menorah](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/craft/content/uploads/2015/12/29170624/baked-sugar-cookies-for-menorah.jpeg)
Use a small angled palette knife to carefully place each cookie piece on a lined baking sheet, arranging them each at least 2 inches apart. Chill the whole tray in the fridge for 30 minutes, and then bake according to your recipe. (Watch those little pieces like a hawk to avoid burning!) Once baked, let cool.
3. Pipe Your Base Icing
![menorah cookie outline piped](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/craft/content/uploads/2015/12/29170712/menorah-cookie-outline-piped.jpeg)
Pipe white icing along the edge of the large semi-circle cookie.
![flooding menorah cookie](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/craft/content/uploads/2015/12/29170801/flooding-menorah-cookie.jpeg)
Then fill with your flood consistency white icing. (Pop any pesky bubbles with a cocktails stick!) Let icing fully set overnight.
4. Add the Menorah Design
![piping royal icing menorah](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/craft/content/uploads/2015/12/29170850/piping-royal-icing-menorah.jpeg)
Once the white royal icing has set, pipe on yellow royal icing and make a menorah shape. (Draw it with an edible marker first, if you like.) Start by piping out a half circle shape at the base of the cookie before flooding it. Then pipe a line from the base to about two thirds up the cookie. Add a curved line from one side to the other with three smaller vertical lines piped inside on either side of the curve.
5. Add the Candles
![piping menorah candles](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/craft/content/uploads/2015/12/29170934/piping-menorah-candles.jpeg)
Now take a piping bag of blue royal icing fitted with a small piping tip and pipe out the candles of your menorah.
6. Make Fire
![piped menorah cookies](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/craft/content/uploads/2015/12/29171014/piped-menorah-cookies.jpeg)
To create the flames, pipe upside-down teardrop shapes of yellow royal icing above the candles. Finish the centers with a small dot of orange icing. Use the clean end of a cocktail stick to drag the orange royal icing upward. Leave your icing work to fully dry.
7. Stand Them Up
![adding back of menorah cookie](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/craft/content/uploads/2015/12/29171104/adding-back-of-menorah-cookie.jpeg)
Use royal icing to attach the smaller pieces to the back of the decorated cookies, with the flat sides lining up with the bottom of the cookie (as shown).
![finished menorah cookies](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/craft/content/uploads/2015/12/29171139/finished-menorah-cookies.jpeg)
Let dry, and you’re done!
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