EASY ROYAL ICING RECIPE FOR SUGAR COOKIES
Beautifully decorated cut-out cookies for every celebration and holiday are totally attainable at home with this easy royal icing recipe for sugar cookies and a few tips & tricks to give you the confidence you need to try this technique yourself!
Provided by Amy Nash
Categories Dessert
Time 10m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a large bowl of a stand mixer, whisk together the meringue powder and powdered sugar, then slowly mix in the water and vanilla while the mixer is running on medium-low speed. Increase speed to medium and beat until stiff peaks form, around 5 minutes. This can be done with a hand mixer, but will take a couple minutes longer.
- Divide the thick white icing into individual bowls for how ever many colors you want and add gel food coloring, a few drops at a time, mixing well until you achieve the shades you like. From there, you can reserve half of each color at piping consistency for piping borders as described in the post, or thin all the icing to flood consistency.
- To thin each color to flood consistency, add 1 teaspoon of water at a time and stir well, continuing to add water by 1/2 teaspoon increments until you reach your desired consistency.
- Once your icing is colored and the right consistency, scoop it into a piping bag fitted with a size 2 or 3 tip. Decorate your sugar cookies by first outlining the border, then filling in the middle with flood icing which should settle into itself. Use a toothpick or scribe tool to fill in any gaps by spreading the icing around, then tap the cookie on the counter a few times to help the icing settle into a smooth, even layer.
- Dry cookies at room temperature for 6-8 hours until the royal icing is completely firm before adding additional layers or design or stacking for transport.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 81 kcal, Carbohydrate 20 g, Sodium 9 mg, Sugar 20 g, Protein 1 g, ServingSize 1 serving
SUGAR COOKIES WITH ROYAL ICING
Upgrading your holiday cookie game has never been more delicious thanks to this classic sugar cookie and royal icing recipe. Recipe developed by Food Network Kitchen.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 2h30m
Yield 24 to 36 cookies and about 2 1/4 cups of icing
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Sift the cake flour, baking powder and salt onto a piece of parchment paper or into a medium bowl; set aside. Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until incorporated. Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the flour mixture in 2 batches until just incorporated. Divide between 2 pieces of plastic wrap; shape into disks. Wrap and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour. (The dough can be frozen for up to 1 month; thaw overnight in the refrigerator before rolling.)
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Working with 1 disk at a time, roll out the dough on a floured surface, dusting with flour as needed, until about 1/8 inch thick. Cut out shapes with 2-to-4-inch cookie cutters; arrange 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. (If the dough becomes too soft as you work, return to the refrigerator until firm.) Gather the scraps and refrigerate until firm; reroll once to cut out more cookies. Chill the cutouts 30 minutes.
- Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until the cookies are slightly puffed and just golden, 13 to 15 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to racks to cool completely before icing.
- Whisk one 1-pound box confectioners' sugar and 2 tablespoons meringue powder in a large bowl. Add 5 tablespoons water and beat with a mixer on medium-high speed until soft glossy peaks form, adding up to 1 more tablespoon water if necessary. Cover the bowl with a damp paper towel and plastic wrap until ready to use to prevent the icing from drying out.
ROYAL ICING FOR SUGAR COOKIES
If you're decorating cookies using our royal icing for sugar cookies and have a compromised immune system, we recommend instead using meringue powder, found in the baking aisle of most markets, instead of raw egg whites.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes
Yield Makes 2 1/3 cups
Number Of Ingredients 2
Steps:
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine sugar and meringue powder. Mixing on low speed, add a scant 1/2 cup water. For a thinner consistency, usually used for flooding, add more water. A thicker consistency is generally used for outlining and adding details. Mix until icing holds a ribbonlike trail on the surface of the mixture for 5 seconds when you raise the paddle.
ROYAL ICING FOR HOLIDAY SUGAR COOKIES
Santa will love stopping by your house for a bite or two of these festive sugar cookies. Use this Royal Icing recipe to decorate our Sugar Cookies for the holidays.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes
Yield Makes 5 cups
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Mix sugar, water, and meringue powder with a mixer on low speed until smooth, about 7 minutes. Icing should be the consistency of glue. (If icing is too thick, mix in a little more water. If icing is too thin, add more confectioners' sugar.) Add food coloring, 1 drop at a time, until desired color is achieved; if making more than 1 color, divide icing and work in batches. Use immediately, or refrigerate for up to 1 week. Stir before using.
PERFECT AND DELICIOUS ROYAL ICING
This frosting will dry like traditional royal icing, but it doesn't suck all the flavor and moisture out of the cookies and it tastes absolutely delicious!
Provided by RainbowJewels
Categories Desserts Frostings and Icings Cookie Frosting
Time 15m
Yield 48
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Whip water and meringue powder on high speed in a large bowl using an electric mixer until fluffy and soft peaks form, 7 to 10 minutes. Gradually add confectioners' sugar, corn syrup, shortening, and vanilla extract while mixing on low speed. Increase speed back to high and beat until well-combined and smooth, about 3 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 82.1 calories, Carbohydrate 19.4 g, Fat 0.6 g, Protein 0.3 g, SaturatedFat 0.1 g, Sodium 4.1 mg, Sugar 18.2 g
ROYAL HOLIDAY COOKIES
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- On a clean work surface, dust with flour and roll the sugar cookie dough to a thickness of 1/4-to-1/2-inch. Using a 3 1/2-inch round cookie cutter or a drinking glass, cut out cookies and place 1 1/2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Re-roll the excess dough to repeat this process until you have used all the dough.
- Bake until the edges are golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack.
- While cooling, put 1 ounce of the royal icing into a small bowl and dye it orange. Put it into a pastry bag with a coupler and a plain #6 tip. Put another 1 ounce of the royal icing into a small bowl and dye it black. Put it into a pastry bag with a coupler and a plain #4 tip. Put another 1 ounce of the white royal icing in a piping bag with a small star tip.
- For Santa cookies: Dust your work surface with cornstarch. Roll out the peach fondant to 1/8-inch thick. Using a 3 1/2-inch round cookie cutter or drinking glass, cut a circle. Spread a thin coat of royal icing onto the cookie. Lay the peach circle on top of the cookie.
- Roll out the red fondant to 1/8-inch thick. Using a 3 1/2-inch round cookie cutter or drinking glass, cut a circle. Cut this circle in half and, using a little water as glue, put this half circle at the top half of your cookie.
- Using the white royal icing, pipe Santa's beard and mustache on the bottom third of the cookie. Use the same icing to add the fur and pom-pom to Santa's hat. Use the candy-coated chocolates for the eyes and nose.
- For reindeer cookies: Dust your work surface with cornstarch. Roll out the light brown fondant to 1/8-inch thick. Using a 3 1/2-inch round cookie cutter or drinking glass, cut a circle. Spread a thin coat of royal icing onto the cookie. Lay the brown circle on top of the cookie.
- Roll a small ball of red fondant the size of a grape in your hand. Using a little water as glue, attach the ball to the bottom half of the cookie. Using the black royal icing, pipe the antlers at the top half of the cookie. Pipe 2 black circles for eyes right above the nose.
- For snowman cookies: Dust your work surface with cornstarch. Roll out half of the white fondant to 1/8-inch thick. Using a 3 1/2-inch round cookie cutter or drinking glass, cut a circle. Spread a thin coat of royal icing onto the cookie. Lay the white circle on top of the cookie. In the center of the cookie, pipe a sideways triangle with the orange royal icing. Pipe 2 small dots as eyes above the orange triangle. Below the orange triangle, pipe 5 small black dots for the mouth.
- For snowflake cookies: Dust your work surface with cornstarch. Roll out the light blue fondant to 1/8-inch thick. Using a 3 1/2-inch round cookie cutter or drinking glass, cut a circle. Spread a thin coat of royal icing onto the cookie. Lay the light blue circle on top of the cookie.
- Using the white royal icing with a plain #6 tip, pipe a snowflake design onto the top of the cookie. Once completed, take the whole cookie and flip it upside down into a bowl of crystal sugar.
- For holiday lights cookies: Dust your work surface with cornstarch. Roll out the remaining white fondant to 1/8-inch thick. Using a 3 1/2-inch round cookie cutter or drinking glass, cut a circle. Spread a thin coat of royal icing onto the cookie. Lay the white circle on top of the cookie.
- Using the black royal icing, pipe a wavy line going around the outside edge of the cookie. Add multi-colored candy-coated chocolates to represent lights.
ROYAL ICING
Learn to make Royal Icing for Sugar Cookies with meringue powder, powdered sugar, flavoring and food coloring. Kosher, holiday cookies, Hanukkah.
Provided by Tori Avey
Categories Dessert
Time 10m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Meringue powder is used as an egg white substitute in recipes. It is made primarily from dried egg whites, with corn starch and food-based stabilizers added to help it bind together. It adds stability and texture to the royal icing, and can be used in the place of raw egg whites.
- Combine all ingredients except for food coloring in a large mixing bowl.
- Use an electric mixer to beat the ingredients together for a few minutes. Make sure your mixer's beaters are completely clean and grease-free before starting, to avoid texture issues with the icing.
- Start on a low setting, scraping the edges of the bowl periodically, until the mixture is fluid and all the dry ingredients are incorporated.Continue to beat on a higher speed until stiff peaks form. It may take some time for this to occur.
- Once stiff peaks form, add food coloring to the icing. Add color a few drops at a time, blending between each addition, until the proper color is achieved. I use Wilton kosher food coloring, it adds vivid, beautiful color and you only need a very small amount- you can purchase it here . Use your mixer to mix the color into the icing until well distributed throughout. Keep in mind that color will deepen over time. Let the icing sit covered with plastic wrap for at least 30 minutes to allow color to develop before using. If icing cookies, you will need to thin out the icing to a different texture before starting. Check out How to Decorate Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing for more details.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 75 kcal, Carbohydrate 18 g, Sodium 6 mg, Sugar 18 g, ServingSize 1 serving
SUGAR COOKIES WITH ROYAL ICING RECIPE - (4.3/5)
Provided by Tarah716
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Sift the cake flour, baking powder and salt onto a piece of parchment paper or into a medium bowl; set aside. Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until incorporated. Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the flour mixture in 2 batches until just incorporated. Divide between 2 pieces of plastic wrap; shape into disks. Wrap and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour. (The dough can be frozen for up to 1 month; thaw overnight in the refrigerator before rolling.) Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Working with 1 disk at a time, roll out the dough on a floured surface, dusting with flour as needed, until about 1/8 inch thick. Cut out shapes with 2-to-4-inch cookie cutters; arrange 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. (If the dough becomes too soft as you work, return to the refrigerator until firm.) Gather the scraps and refrigerate until firm; re-roll once to cut out more cookies. Chill the cutouts 30 minutes. Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350°F. Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until the cookies are slightly puffed and just golden, 13 to 15 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to racks to cool completely before icing. Basic Royal Icing: Whisk one 1-pound box confectioners' sugar and 2 tablespoons meringue powder in a large bowl. Add 5 tablespoons water and beat with a mixer on medium-high speed until soft glossy peaks form, adding up to 1 more tablespoon water if necessary. Cover the bowl with a damp paper towel and plastic wrap until ready to use to prevent the icing from drying out. (Makes about 2 1/4 cups.) How to Ice Sugar Cookies: "Flooding" is a technique used to cover a cookie completely with royal icing. Here's how to do it: Transfer about 1/2 cup of the royal icing to a resealable plastic bag and snip a small corner. Use this icing to pipe a thin border around the edge of each cookie. Let set for a few minutes. Thin the remaining icing with a few drops of water until it's the consistency of syrup. Place half of the thinned icing in a resealable plastic bag and tint the rest with red and/or green gel food coloring. Transfer the colored icing to bags. Snip a corner of the white icing bag and pipe a generous amount inside the border of each cookie. Using a small offset spatula or the back of a spoon, spread the icing to cover the cookie. Decorate with the colored icing while the white icing is still wet. Let the cookies set at room temperature, at least 1 hour.
ROYAL ICING FOR COOKIES
I found this recipe on another website. I just tried it on my christmas sugar cookies and really liked it so I wanted to share. Make sure you give the icing plenty of time to harden on your cookies (approx. 2 hours).
Provided by ajb524
Categories Dessert
Time 15m
Yield 30-50 depends on size of cookies
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Combine powdered sugar and meringue powder in a large bowl.
- Add water and your choice of extract and beat until desired consistency.
- Add your choice of food coloring and sprinkles if desired.
- The icing needs to be used immediately or transferred to an airtight container or it will harden.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 62.4, Sodium 0.2, Carbohydrate 15.9, Sugar 15.7
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