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Royal Icing

Royal Icing (piping consistency) from ButFirstCookies.com
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup water
  • 3 Tbsp meringue powder
  • 4 cups confectioner's (powdered) sugar sifted
  • 1/2 tsp Karo syrup (optional)
  • 1/8 tsp clear flavored extract (optional)

Method
 

  1. Combine water and meringue powder in a bowl and beat with mixer until frothy.
  2. Sift powdered sugar into the same bowl and mix to combine
  3. Add syrup and extract if desired
  4. Beat the icing for 4-5 minutes until it is glossy and holds a peak if the beater is turned upside down
Medium Consistency
  1. Continue to add water ½ Tbsp at a time until at desired consistency (icing should disappear into itself in about 5 seconds after being dripped back into the mixing bowl).
Flooding Consistency
  1. Continue to add water ½ Tbsp at a time until at desired consistency (icing should disappear into itself in about 3 seconds after being dripped back into the mixing bowl).