Comments on: Royal icing and decorating http://foodpluspolitics.com/2007/12/14/royal-icing-and-decorating/ Recipes from scratch and a lot of chatter about food ( plus a little about politics ) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:16:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2007/12/14/royal-icing-and-decorating/#comment-4305 ellaella Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:16:06 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.dreamhosters.com/?p=398#comment-4305 Ah, I see. I think you got weirdly lucky then, because successful royal icing isn't to be used on an entire cookie. It's way too hard when it dries. It's for accents like you see above or for gingerbread house mortar. I suppose you could try to rewhip it; your problem with it staying runny was probably because the whites were too old or there could have been a speck of grease left on the bowl or beaters. I posted about whipping egg whites in either March or April of 2007, if you wish to consult the archives. Frankly, I'd toss it at this point or do a test pretend cookie as I mentioned. We sometimes learn best from projects that don't come out quite the way we hoped. Ah, I see. I think you got weirdly lucky then, because successful royal icing isn’t to be used on an entire cookie. It’s way too hard when it dries. It’s for accents like you see above or for gingerbread house mortar.

I suppose you could try to rewhip it; your problem with it staying runny was probably because the whites were too old or there could have been a speck of grease left on the bowl or beaters. I posted about whipping egg whites in either March or April of 2007, if you wish to consult the archives.

Frankly, I’d toss it at this point or do a test pretend cookie as I mentioned. We sometimes learn best from projects that don’t come out quite the way we hoped.

]]> By: Carol F http://foodpluspolitics.com/2007/12/14/royal-icing-and-decorating/#comment-4303 Carol F Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:12:30 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.dreamhosters.com/?p=398#comment-4303 by flopped I mean the icing never got stiff, just stayed runny. I was making royal icing to frost cookies. I was just wondering if this would work to totally cover the top of the cookie and still get hard. by flopped I mean the icing never got stiff, just stayed runny. I was making royal icing to frost cookies. I was just wondering if this would work to totally cover the top of the cookie and still get hard.

]]> By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2007/12/14/royal-icing-and-decorating/#comment-4300 ellaella Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:45:52 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.dreamhosters.com/?p=398#comment-4300 Hi, Carol. I'm not sure what you mean by "flopped" royal icing and I never freeze it, so I'm afraid I'm absolutely useless to you on this. I hate waste, so what I would do is use either foil or parchment as a pretend cookie and see if it works. If not, at least you tried. Thanks for the question and I wish I had an answer. You just won the Stump the Blogger Award. :) Hi, Carol. I’m not sure what you mean by “flopped” royal icing and I never freeze it, so I’m afraid I’m absolutely useless to you on this. I hate waste, so what I would do is use either foil or parchment as a pretend cookie and see if it works. If not, at least you tried.

Thanks for the question and I wish I had an answer. You just won the Stump the Blogger Award. :)

]]> By: Carol Fregoso http://foodpluspolitics.com/2007/12/14/royal-icing-and-decorating/#comment-4296 Carol Fregoso Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:26:37 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.dreamhosters.com/?p=398#comment-4296 I have some flopped royal icing in the freezer. I know that I can make it into regular icing by adding butter. But will flopped icing work to cover a cookie as a runny icing and dry hard? I have some flopped royal icing in the freezer. I know that I can make it into regular icing by adding butter. But will flopped icing work to cover a cookie as a runny icing and dry hard?

]]> By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2007/12/14/royal-icing-and-decorating/#comment-1052 ellaella Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:35:10 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.dreamhosters.com/?p=398#comment-1052 dms - Good question. The icing is different after being frozen. It tends to be grainy and doesn't pipe as well. I don't know why, whether it's the whites or the lemon juice or something else, but the bottom line is you'd probably end up throwing it out. I hate waste too and sometimes make only half this recipe. dms – Good question. The icing is different after being frozen. It tends to be grainy and doesn’t pipe as well. I don’t know why, whether it’s the whites or the lemon juice or something else, but the bottom line is you’d probably end up throwing it out.

I hate waste too and sometimes make only half this recipe.

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