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My Favorite Royal Icing

Name: My Favorite Royal Icing
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 3 servings
Ingredients: 4 cups (480g) confectioners’ sugar, sifted, plus more as needed; 3 Tablespoons meringue powder (not plain egg white powder); 9 Tablespoons room-temperature water, plus more as needed; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or 1/2 teaspoon of your favorite flavored extract, such as lemon, coconut, or peppermint (optional); optional for decorating: gel food coloring (I love this food coloring kit)

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Here is my classic easy royal icing made with meringue powder. It’s easy to work with, sets quickly, and won’t break your teeth when it dries. It has the most delicious taste and texture and makes decorating sugar cookies FUN and SIMPLE. Use this traditional royal icing recipe for both flooding and outlining your sugar cookies!

Dessert

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Ingredients

(Servings: 3 servings)

4 cups (480g) confectioners’ sugar, sifted, plus more as needed

3 Tablespoons meringue powder (not plain egg white powder)

9 Tablespoons room-temperature water, plus more as needed

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or 1/2 teaspoon of your favorite flavored extract, such as lemon, coconut, or peppermint (optional)

optional for decorating: gel food coloring (I love this food coloring kit)

Steps

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Nutrition Facts

Calories

250kcal

12%
Fat

0g

0%
Saturated Fat

0g

0%
Carbohydrates

63g

3%
Fiber

0g

0%
Sugar

60g

3%
Protein

1g

0%
Cholesterol

0mg

0%
Sodium

0mg

0%

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Notes

Watch the video tutorial so you get an idea of what the final consistency should be.

When you’re not working directly with the royal icing (for example, you are decorating cookies but you still have some icing left in the bowl that you intend to use next), place a damp paper towel directly on the surface of the royal icing. This prevents it from hardening.

Imported & edited by @johnnydallas24

My Favorite Royal Icing

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Nutrition Facts Nutrition facts are based on 1 serving. If servings is not specified, 6 is assumed for the total recipe.

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Nutrition Facts