Cookie Decorating Icing

Plant Babies! My two hobbies in one. I feel like I’ll being doing portraits of my plants in cookies before too long.

This is the Royal Icing recipe from The Graceful Baker. I love it and don’t see making any changes.

135g lemon juice

45g meringue powder

970g powdered sugar (2 pounds powdered sugar)

In a bowl of a stand mixer add the juice and meringue powder. Mix until a foam forms. Scrape down the sides. 

Add the powdered sugar and mix on low until it is incorporated. Scrape down the sides. 

Mix on medium speed for 2 minutes. 

Be careful not to over mix, which may cause the icing to crumble. 

If you color your icing do it minimally 1 hour ahead of time as it darkens. 

Store covered on the counter overnight. Store refrigerated for up to one week. 

Look at that set up! Gretchen and I learned so much from Grace!

Gretchen and I spent the afternoon decorating cookies using the plant babies tutorial from the The Graceful Baker