Vegan Royal Icing Recipes

VEGAN ROYAL ICING (HOW TO DECORATE SUGAR COOKIES)

Steps:

• Bake and cool the sugar cookies in the shape that you desire.
• this will be to prevent the more liquid royal icing from running over the cookie. Mix together the powdered sugar with 2-3 tbsp of aquafaba to start. Add more if you need help creating more of a paste than a liquid and runny royal icing. If you are making multiple colors, such as the snowman's hat, you'll divid some of the vegan royal icing into a separate bowl and add the coloring. Spoon the icing into a piping bag and cut the very end of the tip with scissors. Pipe a clean border around the sugar cookie that will block the vegan royal icing from flooding.
• towel. This will prevent the royal icing from hardening.
• in the same bowl, add another tablespoon of aquafaba and mix until the royal icing easily drips from the spoon. If you need more aquafaba, add in a tbsp at a time- you don't want to make it too drippy, or it will thin. Do this for all of the colors that you've made, and spoon the icing into another piping bag. Cut the tip of the piping bag and fill the middles of your cookie only a little to start. Then use a toothpick to carefully push the royal icing to the border that we made in Step 2.
• Allow the royal icing to set for 15 minutes before you pipe more royal icing on top (like a scarf, facial features, mittens etc.).
• Allow the cookies to finish setting for 15 minutes and enjoy! Store in the freezer for up to 3 months.

VEGAN ROYAL ICING

Steps:

• Drain the liquid from a can of chickpeas into a large bowl and set the chickpeas aside to make any recipe that calls for chickpeas. You're going to need only 2 tbsp or 30 ml.
• Add the aquafaba to an electric mixer bowl and beat on high speed until the mixture is fluffy and stiff peaks form (about 3-5 minutes). You could also use a regular large bowl and a hand mixer.
• Incorporate all the remaining ingredients and blend again until smooth and well combined. If you're not going to use gel food coloring, your vegan royal icing will probably be too thick, so add 1- 2 tbsp of unsweetened plant milk of your choice until you get the desired consistency. If you use gel food coloring and your vegan royal icing is also too thick, add a little bit of milk until you get the proper consistency, but keep in mind that the icing has to be thick to solidify when you decorate the cookies. If your icing is too thin, add a little more powdered sugar.
• Use immediately to decorate cookies like vegan sugar cookies.
• Keep the leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature for 3 days or in the fridge for up to 1 week. It will dry, so blend again before using.

VEGAN / EGGLESS ROYAL ICING

Steps:

• 1. In a small bowl, stir together confectioners' sugar and first liquid (water or rice milk) until smooth.
• 2. Add corn syrup and almond extract until icing is smooth and glossy. If icing is too thick, add more corn syrup.
• 3. Divide into bowls, and add food colorings to each to desired intensity. Remember, colors will lighten slightly when dry. Dip, pour or paint with a brush onto the cookies. Set aside to dry.
• 4. Cover icing with damp cloth when not using to prevent crusting.