This video shows you how to make the best royal icing to decorate sugar cookies. It is the only recipe I use!
Royal Icing Recipe:
1 bag of icing sugar
3 tablespoons of meringue powder
3/4 cup of warm water (do not use all at once - see below)
1/4 cup corn syrup
1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
1 tablespoon of butter bakery emulsion (by Lorann Oils)
Squeeze of white food gel colour
Instructions:
Please note I am using a 1 kg bag of icing sugar (which is a bit more than 2 lbs) if you are using a 2 lb bag, please use less water.
Put the icing sugar and meringue powder in your bowl. With a paddle attachment on low speed, mix the two ingredients.
Add HALF to 2/3 of your warm water (DO NOT add it all) and your corn syrup. The corn syrup makes your icing more flexible when piping, gives it a softer bite and helps dry it with a bit of shine. If your icing is looking really dry and powdery, add a bit more water just until it combines. Save the rest of the water for your flood icing.
Add in your flavouring and scrape down your bowl to make sure everything has combined.
Add a squeeze of your white food gel colour, if you use real vanilla extract you may need more to bring it back to a nice white. If you use clear extract, you still need to add the white gel colour because this helps prevent colour bleed.
Now turn up the mixer speed to medium high for about 1-2 minutes. Be careful not to mix too much longer. If your icing is over mixed, it will dry and crumble very easily to the touch. This last step gives you that nice puffy looking icing.
If your icing is too thick, just add some more water. If your icing is too thin, just add more icing sugar.
Now your base icing is ready to be coloured and thinned to decorated the perfect cookies. Please look for my next video on icing consistencies to see how to thin out your base icing to outline and detail and flood your cookies!
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21 авг 2024
