Glossy Royal Icing

I even let my 4 year old use this frosting and it is amazingly beautiful!

I even let my 4 year old use this frosting and it is amazingly beautiful!

A delight! I put a layer on a salad plate, used gel food coloring, patterned the colors with a toothpick, and dipped the baked cut-out butter cookies in to create a marbled frosting. Having it more liquid as the basic recipe marbled colors great and dried very level. I decorated a ton of cookies fast. This is a fantastic way to decorate cookies and brought so much joy this Christmas.

A delight! I put a layer on a salad plate, used gel food coloring, patterned the colors with a toothpick, and dipped the baked cut-out butter cookies in to create a marbled frosting. Having it more liquid as the basic recipe marbled colors great and dried very level. I decorated a ton of cookies fast. This is a fantastic way to decorate cookies and brought so much joy this Christmas.

Call this what you want, Icing, Glaze, Frosting whatever!! This recipe is AMAZING!!! I wanted a recipe that didn't use eggs or butter. Made it today. (12/11/21) It's great for cut out cookies. I didn't have corn syrup and substituted honey. The honey gave it a nice flavor. Following the directions given the icing was thick and stiff. I just added a little more water to get the consistency I wanted. Make sure you add your sprinkles, decorations as soon as you frost the cookie. It hardens fast!

Call this what you want, Icing, Glaze, Frosting whatever!! This recipe is AMAZING!!! I wanted a recipe that didn't use eggs or butter. Made it today. (12/11/21) It's great for cut out cookies. I didn't have corn syrup and substituted honey. The honey gave it a nice flavor. Following the directions given the icing was thick and stiff. I just added a little more water to get the consistency I wanted. Make sure you add your sprinkles, decorations as soon as you frost the cookie. It hardens fast!

This is the only royal icing recipe I use anymore. I use it for decorating cookies, for making royal icing transfers for cakes, and I even use it to build gingerbread houses at Christmas time. It's perfectly glossy, it sets up nice and firm, it tastes pretty good (I usually add a touch of vanilla extract and a pinch of salt for even better flavor), and it colors wonderfully. Can't say enough good about it!

This is the only royal icing recipe I use anymore. I use it for decorating cookies, for making royal icing transfers for cakes, and I even use it to build gingerbread houses at Christmas time. It's perfectly glossy, it sets up nice and firm, it tastes pretty good (I usually add a touch of vanilla extract and a pinch of salt for even better flavor), and it colors wonderfully. Can't say enough good about it!