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The Best Royal Icing Recipe

Royal icing recipe with meringue powder that is great for flooding and outlining cookies.
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Prep Time 2 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 5 tbsp Wilton Meringue Powder (any brand)
  • 1/2 cup warm water
  • 2 lb powdered sugar
  • 3/4 tsp cream of tarter
  • 1 tbsp corn syrup
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp additional flavoring (almond, lemon, butter vanilla) *optional. 

Method
 

  1. Using a mixer with a whisk attachment, mix warm water, cream of tarter, and meringue powder in a bowl. Mix until it is slightly frothy for about 20-30 seconds. Warning! DO NOT mix long, you do not want water and meringue to froth too much and grow in size.
  2. Add vanilla extract and half of the confectionary sugar for about 30 seconds.
  3. Add corn syrup and the remaining confectionary sugar. Mix for an additional minute. 

Notes

The icing will be thick. Add Americolor gel bright white food coloring to the icing. This will prevent color bleed while giving you actual white icing.
You can quickly store icing in an airtight container. Good for two weeks at room temperature, two weeks in the refrigerator, or six months frozen.