Royal Icing

Ingredients

• 4 teaspoons dried egg whites
• ¼ cup water at room temperature
• ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar (1 teaspoon of lemon juice may be used instead)
• 3 cups powdered sugar

Combine dried egg whites and water at the bottom of a large mixing bowl, let sit for a few minutes. Add cream of tartar and with a standing mixer fitted with the whisk attachment beat on high until stiff peaks form. Add powdered sugar one cup at a time and mix well until stiff peaks form.

In separate bowls add water until it is the desired consistency for outlining or filling is reached, then add food color. 

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Sugar Cookie Cutouts

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 ½ cups confectioner’s sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon lemon extract
•  2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
•  1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar

Cream butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add egg and extracts, mixing well after each addition

In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Gradually add to the creamed mixture. Chill for 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 350

On a well floured surface, roll out a quarter of the dough to 1/8 of an inch thickness. Cut out desired shapes and place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 7-8 minutes or until the edges just begin to brown.

(Source: b-a-k-e)

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