Royal Icing

A great icing recipe for decorating cookies for the holidays. Just add a drop of your favorite food coloring.

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Ingredients:

• 2 large egg whites (or 5 tbsp meringue powder mixed with 7 tbsp water)
• 4 cups sifted powder sugar  
• 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice  
• 2 drops glycerin

Method

Beat egg whites or meringue mixture, sugar, lemon juice and glycerin with an electric mixer on low speed until stiff, about 10 minutes. If icing is too thick, add more lemon juice. If too thin, add more powdered sugar.

Notes:

Number of servings: 2 1/4 cups

Submitted By: texaslinda3089089
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