Royal Icing Recipe With Just Water

The consistency can change quickly if you add too much water.

Royal icing recipe with just water. To hurry this up place the iced cookies within the fridge. Mix together until the icing becomes thick enough to coat with a back of a spoon. If the icing is just too thick add extra water 1 tablespoon at a time.

Heat up the water until warm not hot. If you need a thinned icing add water to the stiff royal icing a teaspoon at a time. Add about a teaspoon of water at a time until the icing is thin enough.

This royal icing recipe is extremely easy and can be used for both piping which is the outlining of the cookie and flooding filling it in. The consistency of the icing is just thin enough to easily spread and just thick enough to outline pipe the edge of the cookies. If it is too skinny add extra powdered sugar 1 tablespoon at a time.

Put the icing sugar into a small or medium bowl and add water. The best thing about royal icing is that if the icing is too stiff you just add a little more water until it s at your desired consistency. If necessary add more water a drop at a time until it is thick thin enough to use.

This royal icing units or hardens on the iced cookies in about 2 hours time when sitting on the counter.