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 Royal Icing | Status Approved | | Name |  Royal Icing | | Category | The Bakery, Holidays, Cakes & Pastries, This and That, European | | Serves/Yields | 3 cups icing | | Source | Kate | | Difficulty | Easy | | Prep. Time | 10 minutes including whipping | | Cook Time | 0 | | Introduction | | This smooth, hard drying icing is perfect for making decorations that last. It also taste great when dry. It's used to fasten decorations together and making ginger bread houses. To flow icing on cookies, add a tiny bit of water until icing pours easily but still has some body. Full strength icing is great for piping names and borders and making flowers and shapes. | | Ingredients | | 3 Tablespoons meringue powder (Wilton's is excellent, available at Michael's Craft stores or cake decorating shops)
1 lb. (4 cups) powdered_sugar
6 Tablespoons warm water
1/4 tsp clear vanilla flavoring, almond_flavor or other clear Non Oil Based flavoring if desired
| | Directions | | Step: 1 | Beat all ingredients until icing forms peaks (7-10 minutes at low speed with a heavy-duty mixer, 10-12 minutes at high speed with a hand-held mixer).
Recipe makes 3 cups.
Important Note:Keep all utensils completely grease free or icing will not whip properly. For stiffer icing, use 1 tablespoon less water. |
Time submitted: Sunday, December 11. 2005 at 02:00:36 Contributed By: Kate
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