Royal Icing using egg whites
20 November 2009 dans Royal Icing
I found out there are few options to decorate the cookies:
- Royal Icing (using egg white)
- Royal Icing (using meringue powder)
- Sugar Icing (made with corn syrup)
Since it was pouring heavily and I was so lazy to go out to get other ingredients so I just made use of what I have at home, the eggs!
Ingredients:
- 330g icing sugar
- 2 large egg white
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- few drops of vanilla essence
Method
Using a clean big bowl, I whisk the egg white till formy. Then add the lemon juice and the icing (little by little). Beat mixture until soft peak.
I think I added more icing and my icing was a bit hard. But since piping is easy, I did not bother to dilute it (can be done by adding drops of water). Diluted icing works great if you wish to fill up the surface of your cookie smoothly. You can fill them by using spatula. I just used a toothpick to smooth the surface from icing I piped out around the side of the cookies.
Decorated cookies are best left to be harden at room temperature. I kept the leftover of the icing in the fridge (covered) and am planning to decorate some cupcakes later on.
