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Icing - Royal Decorating Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3 Tbsp meringue powder
1 lb (about 4 cups) powdered sugar
¼ cup water (plus more for thining)
1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions:
Directions:
1. In a bowl of a stand mixer, whisk together meringue powder and water until a slight foam forms. Add in powdered sugar and vanilla and mix until icing becomes light and airy about 2 minutes. If the mixture is too thick and not mixing well, add more water, 1 tsp at a time. The icing should still be very thick at this point.

2. When ready to use separate into bowls and add coloring. Thin the icing using a spray bottle, water dropper, or teaspoon until it has reached the desired consistency.

Stiff Consistency (used for flowers or other decoration with detail) add no additional water

Piping Consistency (used for writing and other decoration with less detail) - add enough water where the icing will fall off a spoon into a mound that holds its shape.

Piping Consistency (used for flooding) - add enough water that when a toothpick or knife dragged across the surface, the icing comes back into a flat surface within 15 seconds.

Store unused icing in an airtight container covered with plastic wrap (plastic wrap should be touching surface) in the fridge for up to a week. Makes enough to frost about 2 dozen cookies.

 

 

 

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