Royal icing recipe

You will never need another royal icing recipe again! Several easy items are all you need to make it. It's quick and always turns out great.

– 4 cups powdered sugar (480 grams) – 3 tablespoons meringue powder (27 grams; I use Wilton) – 6 tablespoons warm water plus more as needed to thin the icing – 1 tablespoon light corn syrup optional but recommended – 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Ingredient

Direction

Add powdered sugar and meringue powder to a stand mixer with the whisk attachment or a large mixing bowl with a handheld mixer to make the icing. Mix well.

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Add water and mix on low speed until smooth. Stop and scrape the bowl, then add corn syrup and vanilla.

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Increase the speed to medium and mix until the icing reaches stiff peaks or your desired consistency. Allow 12 minutes for handheld mixers to reach firm peaks!

3

Add one color to the icing dish and mix with your stand mixer/handheld mixer. Divide icing into bowls and add gel food coloring for several hues.

4

To draw and flood cookies without separating colored icing, beat icing to a medium consistency. Divide colored icing between two basins to thin it for flooding with harder beating. 

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Paint and make icing, then put it in piping bags with tips. Couplers allow pipe tip changes or color consistency. The process will improve!

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Also See: 

Cream cheese mints recipe