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Tree and star shaped sugar cookies with pale green and white royal icing rest on a black wire cooling rack.

About this photo

Uniformly decorated festive sugar cookies cool on a wire rack, styled for cozy holiday baking content. The soft natural lighting and clean composition make this ideal for holiday recipe posts, bakery marketing, and seasonal food design.

Prompt: “Christmas cookies: sugar cookie trees and stars flooded with pale green and white royal icing cooling on a wire rack” — AI-generated and reviewed for quality before listing.

Editor's note (9.0/10): The image closely matches the brief, has sharp focus, natural soft lighting, no visible AI artefacts, and only minor very slight softness on the outermost edge of the frame.

Also searched as: christmas sugar cookies · iced holiday cookies · baking cooling rack · green white royal icing cookies · festive baking

Direct file: 1024×1536 JPG

Using this photo — common questions

Can I use this iced christmas cookies on cooling rack photo for free, commercially?
Yes. This photo is licensed CC BY 4.0, so you can use it in commercial and personal projects — websites, ads, social media, videos and client work — at no cost. The one condition is the credit: “Iced Christmas Cookies On Cooling Rack” by BudgetPixel AI (https://budgetpixel.com/images/iced-christmas-cookies-on-cooling-rack-52eae1e6) — CC BY 4.0
What size is this photo?
The original is 1024×1536 pixels (JPG); it also downloads at 1280 px and 640 px on the long side. Its portrait shape suits phone wallpapers, Pinterest pins, Instagram and TikTok posts and magazine-style layouts.
Is this photo AI-generated?
Yes. It was generated by AI from the prompt “Christmas cookies: sugar cookie trees and stars flooded with pale green and white royal icing cooling on a wire rack” and it passed an AI review for quality and safety before listing. The downloaded file carries the IPTC “AI-generated” marker and its licence details.
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