Easy Royal Icing
This classic decorating icing sets up and dries quickly. It's especially nice to use when cookies will be stacked on a plate. For accompanying recipes and decorating tips, visit Spring Has Sprung. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen
Ingredients
- 3-3/4 to 4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons meringue powder
- 5 to 6 tablespoons warm water
Reviews
What an easy recipe! Great for make ahead cookies and to freeze.
This recipe makes a huge amount! I did read through search that I can freeze the leftovers so that is what I did but next time I will 1/2 the recipe. Otherwise it turned out good I added vanilla.
great for making flowers ect.... ahead of time.
Great icing. I even spread it onto the cookies with a knife. I used it because I wanted to be able to stack the cookies and ship them.
buttercream icing will not set up and harden as the royal icing will
should you frost cookies with royal icing or can you also use thinner buttercream before decorating
I bought my meringue powder at Michael's and used a 40% off coupon for it.
Meringue powder is a egg white substitute that can be found in most craft stores in the cake decorating isle and I have also found it in party stores and even Walmart.
meringue powder comes in a can made by Wilton and you can usually find it in the cake decorating isle at craft stores, although I have found it at party stores and even Walmart. According to the can it states it is used like an egg white substitute. When you beat it up with water when I use it for frosting, it beats up very lightly and frothy.
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