How to Make Royal Icing for Christmas Cookies
Image Credit: Preppy Kitchen via YouTube
Are you tired of not getting the right technique into applying the royal icing on your homemade cookies? Then read on to find out the secret to making the perfect royal icing this Christmas season. Our family is really excited about Christmas this year and we’ve already started planning the food that we’ll serve on the dinner table on that day. We decided on some Christmas-themed cookies for the kids with really adorable designs to make them even more appealing. Immediately I went to the channel of my favorite YouTube channel Preppy Kitchen, I never knew that the best cookies also depend on the right icing ingredient and technique. That’s why I was really glad that I found this tutorial, it was really informative and easy to follow. So grab your homemade cookies and start preparing the icing along with this tutorial, or if you don’t have a sugar cookie recipe yet, you can browse on our previous posts and you’ll find it there.
Ingredients:
- 3 pcs Eggs
- 1lb or 450g Confectioner sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Directions:
Step 1
Crack the eggs and separate the whites from the yolk. Set the yolk aside and pour the egg whites into the mixer. Mix it until well-combined then gradually add the sifted confectioner sugar and vanilla extract. Continue mixing in a medium-high setting until the icing becomes shiny and it has a stiff peak. Get your cookies and pick the colors that you want to use.
Step 2
Transfer enough amount of white icing with outline consistency on a piping bag and set aside. Separate the remaining icing into 2 bowls each per color, the other will be for the outline while the other will be added with 1/4 teaspoon of water for the flooding consistency. Use a spatula to fold in the food color and icing. Transfer all the icing into a piping bag and start designing your cookies. The icing with outline consistency will be used on the edges of the cookie while the icing with flooding consistency will be used to fill it inside.
*Credit to Preppy Kitchen via YouTube and Instagram for these amazing cookie images. Follow him for more tutorials like this.
