Royal Icing is a super simple recipe with just a couple ingredients you can ice and decorate tons of cookies for so many occasions!
Check out my Easy Holiday Sugar Cookie Recipe for a delicious, buttery sugar cookie recipe to use this Royal Icing to decorate with. Winning Combo.
Tips
I suggest making one big batch of this Royal Icing and using it as your base. You can take it and add smaller scoops of the icing to small mixing bowls to add in colors as needed.
Cover the Royal Icing with a wet, clean dish towel or Saran wrap between mixing and using colors so that your main batch of icing doesn't form a shell or dry out.
Use piping bags or small bottles to pipe designs onto your cookies.
Be sure to allow enough time to wait for your cookies to cool prior to decorating with icing.
In addition, expect to give the finished cookies an hour or two to fully dry before storing them away to reduce the risk of cracking or breaking the icing decoration on top.
If you will be stacking your decorated cookies, place sheets of parchment between each layer to prevent the cookies from sticking together.
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Pairing
Looking for the best sugar cookies to pair with this icing? Check out the recipe here!
📖 Recipe
Royal Icing
Ingredients
- 2 lb Confectioners Sugar
- 5 tablespoon Meringue Powder
- 1 teaspoon Cream of Tartar
- ¾ cup room temperature Water
Instructions
- Take the 2 lb bag of confectioners sugar and add to a medium/large mixing bowl.
- Add the meringue powder and cream of tartar. Whisk together.
- Add the water and mix well.
- Use the main bowl for the white icing and create smaller bowls to mix batches of different colors using the gel or other food coloring.
- Add your icing to piping bags or bottles to decorate cookies.
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