# Royal Icing Cookies

This recipe is for making and decorating sugar cookies with royal icing.

- Servings: 20 servings
- Total time: 25 min
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1.5 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
- 3 cups flour
- 1.5 teaspoon baking powder
- 0.5 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons meringue powder
- 9 tablespoons water
- 0 gel food color

## Instructions

1. Prepare the sugar cookie dough (the recipe is mentioned in the comments).
2. Roll out the dough and use cookie cutters to make the desired shapes.
3. Place the cookies on a baking sheet and bake them.
4. Let the cookies cool completely.
5. Make the royal icing: Combine 4 cups powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons meringue powder, and 9-10 tablespoons of room temperature water in a KitchenAid stand mixer.
6. Divide the icing into different bowls and add gel food coloring to create different colors.
7. Place the piping bags in plastic cups to easily fill them with icing.
8. Tie the piping bags with a hair elastic.
9. Outline the cookies with icing, then fill in the shapes.
10. Lightly drop the cookies on the table to even out the icing.

## Equipment

- rolling pin
- cookie cutters
- baking sheet
- spatula
- KitchenAid stand mixer
- piping bags
- plastic cups
- hair elastic

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT21PBwdc/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/e514b1a9-9ebd-4b9f-a9ea-4c37e1364ea1
- Extracted: 2025-01-15

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