Royal Icing. The secret to beautifully decorated cookies is all in the icing. This two-step recipe is the only one you'll ever need to give your holiday cookies that perfect bakery look. Editor's Note: This recipe contains raw egg. Royal Icing

You can have Royal Icing using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Royal Icing
  1. You need of Cookies:.
  2. You need 200 gram of Butter.
  3. You need 2 butir of Kuning Telur.
  4. It’s 500 gram of Tepung terigu.
  5. It’s 2 of pinch Garam.
  6. It’s of Royal Icing:.
  7. Prepare 2 butir of putih Telur.
  8. You need 330 gram of Gula halus, ayak.
  9. It’s 2 sdt of Air Jeruk nipis/cream of tartar.
  10. You need 1 sdt of Vanilla essence.
  11. Prepare sesuai selera of Pewarna (lebih baik yg gel bukan yg cair).

Royal icing dries into a hard, candy-like coating that crunches when you bite into it. It's designed to harden so you can decorate on top of it with piped royal icing, or even paint it. If you're looking for picture-perfect sugar cookies, royal icing is the way to go. Royal icing is generally used to make decorations on cakes and to "cement" decorations together and is not recommended for icing cakes.

Royal Icing step by step
  1. Cookies: Campurkan semua bahan, aduk rata, gilas pakai rolling pin lalu cetak pakai cookie cutter sesuai selera. Panggang hingga matang sedikit kecoklatan..

  2. Royal Icing: Masukkan kedalam wadah besar putih telur, gula halus dan air jeruk nipis/cream of tartar. Mixer dengan kecepatan sedang hingga mengembang dan berjejak. Tambahkan vanilla essence dan pewarna sesuai selera. Jika ingin konsistensinya lebih cair, bisa ditambahkan air/susu/sirup sesendok demi sesendok (gunakan sendok teh). Masukkan ke piping bag, gunting ujungnya, siap digunakan untuk hiasan kue..

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I did use this recipe as I was out of meringue powder and it turned out pretty decent. A glossy royal icing is an essential ingredient for sugar cookie decorating. It's also a basic recipe that any baker should master. Icing comes in many different forms, and royal icing is just one specific type of icing. What sets royal icing apart from other frostings and glazes is that it hardens when cooled, making it a great choice for decorated cookies and gingerbread houses.