Cookie Frosting Question

[ChristmasElf]

Don't omit the Cream of Tartar even when using food coloring. Cream of Tartar helps stabilize egg whites and gives a creamier texture to frostings and icings.

 

[va32h]

We use Jiffy frosting mix - it's in those little tiny blue and white boxes. Hard to find sometimes, nowadays.

We refrigerate the cookies after frosting them, so the frosting can harden. My mom's cookie recipe has been a hit for over 40 years! (Unless people have been lying to us all this time!)

 

[ducklite]

I have to ask, where did you get that fantastic stacking rack?

 

[Skatermom23]

I have to ask, where did you get that fantastic stacking rack?

I don't know where the poster got hers but I just bought one at Bed Bath and Beyond. It really is nice!

 

[golfgal]

I have a similar one from Pampered Chef. I wish I could decorate cookies so they look good. I am going to try the royal icing to see if that helps. Mine always look like a 3 year old decorated them .

 

[MichelleVW]

I use powdered sugar icing: 1 cup powdered sugar, 1/4 teas. vanilla, 1 tablespoon milk.

If it's too thick, add a bit of milk. If too runny, add a bit of powdered sugar.

We usually make white (no food coloring), green, & red.

Also, sprinkles make it on to most cookies. (We top the cookies with icing and then add sprinkles while the icing is still wet.)

I make the sugar cookies (thick so they're soft). And the whole family decorates them.

Two tips: Put a bowl or plate under the cookie while you're decorating it to catch icing drips and dropped sprinkles & Don't stack the cookies on top of each other until AFTER the icing has thoroughly dried or they'll stick to each other.

Making Christmas cookies is one of our favorite Christmas traditions!

That is how we make the icing too.

 

[lyzziesmom]

I have to ask, where did you get that fantastic stacking rack?

I got it several years ago at KMart, it's a Martha Stewart rack. I think it was about $8-$10 and I LOVE it! The three tiers come apart and can stack tall or the legs fold down to nest together for storage or to stack just 1/2" high for the bottom rack.

I am going to try the royal icing to see if that helps. Mine always look like a 3 year old decorated them .

A 3 year old DID decorate most of mine!

 

[ducklite]

I got it several years ago at KMart, it's a Martha Stewart rack. I think it was about $8-$10 and I LOVE it! The three tiers come apart and can stack tall or the legs fold down to nest together for storage or to stack just 1/2" high for the bottom rack.

I guess I'll be at K-Mart when they open Saturday morning. I've got three more batches of cookies to bake, and that would come in SO handy! Thanks for the info!