There is something insanely fun about decorating cookies, I don't know what it is, but making cookies is an activity that always improves one's move! For the last few years i've been trying to find the perfect royal icing recipe. Royal icing can be a really fun icing to work with, and can make cookies look amazing. However, the icing has be the perfect consistency in order to properly set on the cookies, and getting the perfect consistency takes a bit of practice. I really like the recipe below:
3 egg whites at room temp.
4 cups of confectioners sugar
1-2 tsp vanilla extract.
Whisk all the ingredients together, if using a kitchen-aid use the whisk attachment. Mix until the icing is stable. If you feel you over mixed and the icing is too firm, add in a tsp of warm water - on the other hand if you feel the mix is too runny add in a bit more confectioners sugar. Next you may want to separate the icing into different bowls for each color you plan on using. Also remember that it is a good idea to keep some of the icing in the mixing bowl (a very small amount) and add some additional confectioners sugar to this icing, and use it as your outline icing. This small batch of icing will be thicker and should be used to trace the outline of the cookie and will hold all of the other icing in place.
I was in a rush to finish the cookies above and did not use outline icing and you can see that the colored royal icing did not stay in a perfect circle. However - they still tasted delicious!!!
Have fun decorating cookies!
3 egg whites at room temp.
4 cups of confectioners sugar
1-2 tsp vanilla extract.
Whisk all the ingredients together, if using a kitchen-aid use the whisk attachment. Mix until the icing is stable. If you feel you over mixed and the icing is too firm, add in a tsp of warm water - on the other hand if you feel the mix is too runny add in a bit more confectioners sugar. Next you may want to separate the icing into different bowls for each color you plan on using. Also remember that it is a good idea to keep some of the icing in the mixing bowl (a very small amount) and add some additional confectioners sugar to this icing, and use it as your outline icing. This small batch of icing will be thicker and should be used to trace the outline of the cookie and will hold all of the other icing in place.
Have fun decorating cookies!
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