So, you know all those lovely cookies that you see for sale on Valentine's Day (or any other holiday) that look perfectly decorated with smooth, pretty icing? Well, I thought I should have a go at making those myself!
The icing used is called Royal Icing. It was easy enough to make, powdered sugar, meringue powder, water and coloring. As I was researching this particular technique a lot of websites I found talked about how fast it dries, and went on and on about how quickly you have to work. That scared me a bit, I mean, how fast is fast?! I was preparing my self for instant solidification upon contact with air. Nothing of the sort happened. Yes, it dried to a nice hard finish, but it does take a little time! I found after flooding the cookie with the red icing it was best to put them in the fridge for a while before adding the while decorations, other wise the white sort of bled into the red and didn't look very good.
Anyway, it was a fun technique to learn and the cookies turned out to be delicious. This is what they use to do those cookie bouquets that are sold for a pretty penny. I'm thinking of starting to make those, we could definitely do a better job than those expensive places online!
