Gluten Free Royal Icing
Are you looking for an icing for your gluten free sugar cookie cut-outs that tastes as good as it looks, and firms up enough to stack? Royal Icing is the answer! This icing is so easy to make, and so fun to use. Just follow the directions in my YouTube video below to learn how. Enjoy your cookies!
Makes: Enough icing for about 24 average-sized cookies (number will vary based on how thick you ice your cookies, and how many layers of colors you do.
Show Me How
Walk Me Through It
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To a large mixing bowl, add the confectioner’s sugar and meringue powder.
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Whisk together.
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Add vanilla and 6 Tbsp. water.
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Mix for about 6-7 minutes or until thick and creamy.
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The recipe, as listed, will create a stiff consistency icing.
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Divide icing into 2 bowls.
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Color one bowl with a little bit of leaf green coloring (You pick your colors!).
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I like to use a toothpick to add just a little bit at a time. Squeezing out drops of coloring can accidentally add much more than you want. Remember, a little bit goes a long way.
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Stir thoroughly to remove any streaks of food coloring.
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Add a little bit of water to thin down to medium consistency.
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Check your consistency: To make medium consistency icing for edging the cookie, the icing should drip off the knife in little globs.
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Lay out a piece of plastic wrap.
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Scoop half of the mint green icing onto the center of your plastic wrap.
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Roll up the plastic wrap, making sure to fully contain the icing.
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Spin the packet in a circle to close the ends. Set aside.
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Before I forget...cover the white icing with a damp cloth or damp paper towel so that it doesn't form a crust.
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Now create your "flood" consistency icing, with the remaining half. Just add a little bit more water.
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Stir thoroughly.
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Check your consistency: For flood icing, the consistency should be a little bit like shampoo. It should easily pour off your knife and blend in quickly. (It should disappear within about 10 seconds ).
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Lay out a piece of plastic wrap. Pour your flood icing onto the plastic wrap.
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If you see any air bubbles, use a toothpick to pop them.
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Roll up the icing. Spin the packet to seal the ends. Set aside.
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Now cut off the tip of a disposable pastry bag.
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Insert a coupler.
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Insert icing packet into pastry bag.
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Pull twisted end through opening.
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Snip off excess plastic as close to coupler as possible.
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Add on your decorating tip. (For flood icing, use a #2 or #3 tip)
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Screw on coupler.
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Secure with a twist tie.
Now repeat all these steps with your white icing. In the end you should have 4 piping bags...2 green and 2 white).
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To prevent the tips from clogging, place a damp paper towel at the bottom of a mug,
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and place piping bags, tip-side down, into the mug. The moisture will prevent clogging.
Yay! Time to Decorate!
Now jump over to my “How to Decorate a Sugar Cookie” page, and let the fun begin!
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The Recipe:
GLUTEN FREE ROYAL ICING
INGREDIENTS
4 cups confectioner’s sugar
4 Tbsp. gluten free meringue powder
1 tsp. vanilla
6 Tbsp. warm water + additional as needed to thin icing to desired consistency
DIRECTIONS
To a large mixing bowl, add the confectioner’s sugar and meringue powder. Whisk together.
Add vanilla and 6 Tbsp. water.
Mix for about 6-7 minutes or until thick and creamy. At this point you have a stiff consistency icing.
To thin the icing to reach a medium or flood consistency, add water in small amounts until you have reached the desired consistency.
Tip: Please follow all directions exactly!! If you skip steps or swap ingredients then you may or may not like the end result :)
Tip: Royal icing will develop a crust quickly. Even pastry bag tips will dry and clog if not kept moist. So, as you are working, make sure to cover bowls of icing and pastry bag tips with a damp cloth.
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