Cooking Best frosting for cookies?

[MickeysMommy]

What kind do you use that "dries"?

 

[Katy Belle]

This is the recipe I've been using for sugar cookies. It dries nicely. After one layer dries you can put more on top, such as detail, outlines, etc.

I use powdered egg whites (merange powder) instead of fresh egg whites. I just follow the directions on the powdered egg white container, mix up the powder with water, then use that as the egg whites in the recipe.

Also, I use my stand mixer and mix it seveal times while sifting in the powdered sugar. I never use the whole 4 cups of powdered sugar.

Royal Icing
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INGREDIENTS
4 egg whites
4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon lemon extract (or vanilla or almond)

DIRECTIONS
Beat egg whites in clean, large bowl with mixer at high speed until foamy (use only grade A clean, uncracked eggs). Gradually add sugar and lemon extract. Beat at high speed until thickened. NOTE: When dry, Royal Icing is very hard and resistant to damage that can occur during shipping/handling.

 

[MazdaUK]

I just mix icing sugar with a little lemon juice and cold water, colouring/flavouring if I need. Doesn't set ROCK hard but firm enough to transport

 

[MickeysMommy]

Thank you so much!

 

[cerberus]

Here is my favorite icing for cookies

1 lb conf sugar
3/4 cup plus 2TBSP shortening
2 TBSP butter
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond
5 TBP of milk

**Mix by hand, add your favorite colors

Does not become super hard, but let it dry and you can stack cookies on top of each other