Royal Icing Recipe
This Royal Icing recipe creates a smooth, thick, and stable icing perfect for decorating cookies and cakes. Made with meringue powder and confectioners’ sugar, it can be colored and thinned to your preferred consistency for intricate piping or flooding.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: Approximately 3 cups of royal icing 1x
- Category: Dessert Decoration
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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Ingredients
- 1/4 cup meringue powder
- 4 cups (460 g) confectioners’ sugar
- 5 tablespoons water, plus additional as needed
- Food coloring, for decorating
Instructions
- Prepare Meringue Base: In a large bowl, use a handheld mixer on medium-high speed or a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment to beat 1/4 cup meringue powder and 5 tablespoons water until the mixture becomes frothy and starts to stiffen.
- Add Sugar and Mix: Gradually add 4 cups confectioners’ sugar to the meringue mixture. Beat on medium speed until the icing is smooth, thick, and uniform in texture.
- Adjust Consistency: Add additional water one tablespoon at a time as needed to achieve a consistency that holds its shape but is still workable, ensuring the icing is not overly stiff.
- Add Food Coloring: Incorporate your desired food coloring by beating it into the icing until fully mixed and uniformly colored.
- Thin for Flooding: To thin the icing for flooding purposes, add water one teaspoon at a time until the icing holds its shape momentarily when drizzled onto thicker icing, then slowly melts into itself for smooth coverage.
Notes
- Use meringue powder instead of raw egg whites for food safety and convenience.
- Adjust water carefully; too much will make icing runny and difficult to work with.
- The icing dries hard, making it ideal for detailed cookie decoration and stacking.
- Color varieties can be mixed with gel or paste food coloring for vibrant hues without affecting the consistency.
- Store leftover icing in an airtight container to prevent drying out.
Keywords: royal icing, cookie decorating, meringue powder icing, smooth icing recipe, flood icing, cookie frosting
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