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Royal Icing Recipe and Instructions for Decorating Sugar Cookies

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If you’ve never made or used royal icing for decorating cookies before, the idea can seem a little intimidating.  Many of the fancy decorated sugar cookies you see are created using royal icing.  The key to using it is taking your time, having patience, and practice.

Royal Icing Recipe

Royal Icing Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 3 Tbs Meringue Powder
  • 4 cups sifted powdered sugar
  • 5 Tbs warm water +/- (plus additional water for thinning)

Instructions:

Royal Icing is easiest to make using a stand mixer as the mixture needs to be beat for 7-10 minutes.  In the bowl of your stand mixer add the meringue powder, sifted powdered sugar, and the warm water.  Using the low speed setting on the mixer, beat for 7-10   minutes or until icing begins to form stiff peaks.

This is the icing you will use for piping the outlines of your cookies or piping any details as you decorate.

Divide your icing into portions to color for your cookie decorating project.

I like to color my Royal Icing with a small amount of gel food coloring.  Stir the icing until coloring is completely blended and you’ve reached the right depth of color.

Flood icing is a thinned Royal Icing.  This is the icing that is spread over the majority of the cookie or used to fill large spaces between piped lines.

To make icing for flooding, place a small amount of colored royal icing into a bowl and add water ½ tsp to a time until the consistency is thin but not watery.  To test the consistency of the icing, drizzle a small amount off the end of your spoon and watch how long it takes for the icing to be absorbed back into the incing in the bowl.  It should blend back in within approximately 10 seconds.

Royal Icing Recipe and Instructions for Decorating Sugar Cookies
 
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Perfect Royal Icing for decorating fancy sugar cookies.
Author: Alea
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • 3 Tbs Meringue Powder
  • 4 cups sifted powdered sugar
  • 5 Tbs warm water +/- (plus additional water for thinning)
Directions
  1. Royal Icing is easiest to make using a stand mixer as the mixture needs to be beat for 7-10 minutes. In the bowl of your stand mixer add the meringue powder, sifted powdered sugar, and the warm water. Using the low speed setting on the mixer, beat for 7-10 minutes or until icing begins to form stiff peaks.
  2. This is the icing you will use for piping the outlines of your cookies or piping any details as you decorate.
  3. Divide your icing into portions to color for your cookie decorating project.
  4. I like to color my Royal Icing with a small amount of gel food coloring. Stir the icing until coloring is completely blended and you've reached the right depth of color.
  5. Flood icing is a thinned Royal Icing. This is the icing that is spread over the majority of the cookie or used to fill large spaces between piped lines.
  6. To make icing for flooding, place a small amount of colored royal icing into a bowl and add water ½ tsp to a time until the consistency is thin but not watery. To test the consistency of the icing, drizzle a small amount off the end of your spoon and watch how long it takes for the icing to be absorbed back into the incing in the bowl. It should blend back in within approximately 10 seconds.
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On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.

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