Royal Icing Accents...

Royal icing is the hard frosting accents used on cakes and cookies. It's made with meringue powder, or powdered egg whites, and powdered sugar. The beauty of royal icing is that it hardens with in minutes, and is espcially handy with writing and other decorations on cookies. It's whipped up in mixer and while using it I keep a damp paper towel draped over the bowl to prevent it from drying out.




Below are some pictures of the decorated and finished products...the cookies are sporting some silly phrases and personalized for some friends.







While I love to decorate....this is the part I'm not a fan of...the clean up