Royal Icing Recipe For Gingerbread Cookies

If too thin beat icing for 2 to 3 minutes more or add more sugar 1 tablespoon at a time.

Royal icing recipe for gingerbread cookies. Beat egg whites in a clean large bowl with mixer at high speed until foamy use only grade a clean uncracked eggs. You can use a knife spoon or frosting bag to spread it over the cookies to make the gingerbread man clothes. This recipe is fool proof and the cut out cookies don t spread out in the oven.

Putting your gingerbreadman icing on cookie. Gingerbread cookies with royal icing are a staple christmas treat. Beat at high speed until thickened.

The remaining ingredients are mainly pantry staples. Prep decor time1 hour50 minutes. Check these ready made royal icing recipes for cookies.

Lightly spray cookie sheets with cooking spray. Close up view of gingerbread cookies iced with royal icing. On floured surface roll dough 1 8 inch thick.

Ingredients in gingerbread cookies. The two somewhat uncommon ingredients in making these gingerbread cookies are molasses and the meringue powder for the icing however they re both easy to find at your local grocer. Instead of the 1 4c of milk i used 1 large egg white i doubled the powdered sugar to 2 cups.

Tint as needed with gel paste icing colors. Heat oven to 350 f. If you are piping first use the frosting as is.