Royal icing is the go-to stuff for picture-perfect sugar cookies, because it makes a neat, hard and glossy finish that professional bakers and home chefs love. This icing is rich and thick and may ...

Having smooth cookie tops is important if you plan to decorate with royal icing. Wenk likes to run an offset spatula along ...

Ree Drummond’s royal icing is a must-have when it comes to holiday baking. The celebrity chef uses it to decorate everything from Pioneer Woman gingerbread cookies to classic sugar cookies. Best of ...

Seven royal icing tips from the pros Three cookie doughs, six glorious holiday cookies 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 pinch salt Place powdered sugar, meringue powder and salt in a mixing bowl fitted ...

Chocolate has long been integral to the Valentine's Day culinary experience. Truffles, molten cakes, frosted cupcakes, dark cacao puddings and brûlées, ganache-domed cakes and enrobed nuts - they all ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The key to making these edible works of art is royal icing, the glossy mix of meringue powder, powdered ...

Glossy finish and smooth texture make royal icing a favorite for every sugar cookie project. Bright colors pop thanks to its ...

This recipe from Doyle DeForest of Flour Power Confectionary in Chalmette can be used to make gingerbread cutout cookies, or make it into a house to enter in the NOLA.com gingerbread house contest! If ...

For many of us, gingerbread houses are as much a part of Christmas as decorated trees and candy canes. Whereas some people vary the traditional ski chalet or wood cabin by turning their gingerbread ...

Nicole Hopper is a recipe tester and developer based in Birmingham, Alabama. If you ever wondered what the secret is to perfectly frosted cut-out sugar cookies, we’ll fill you in: royal icing. This ...