How do you make stars out of sugar?

Answer 1

If you're only using sugar to make sugar stars, the easiest way is to melt the sugar into caramel, pour it onto a tray, leave it until it's just warm, then use a star shaped cookie cutter to cut stars. (If it cools too much, aim a hot hairdryer at it).

If you want to use other ingredients, the easiest way to make stars is to make a cookie dough, bake in a sheet for 3/4 of the recommended time, then cut stars from it, then finish baking. (Cutting after some baking because cookie doughs spread a great deal during baking. Cookie dough cut into stars before being baked would spread and lose their star shape.)

I can't think of a way that you can make stars just out of sugar (without having to melt the sugar) - sugar is not very malleable, and does not stick to itself easily. You could use a cake decorating fondant, or gum paste and just cut stars from that. Both are practically just sugar.