Royal Icing

Cooking Instructions

Place all ingredients in very clean mixing bowl. Turn machine on, and with whisk attachment, combine on low speed. Increase speed to high and whip until mixture is stiff, approximately 5 minutes. Remove from mixer.

Remove 3/4 of the mixture to another bowl and cover bowl with a damp towel until you are ready to use icing, or icing will dry and a crust will form. Replace mixer on machine, and on low speed, add additional powdered sugar for "cement" used to hold walls up.

Note: If worried about raw egg whites, use meringue powder available at decorating

supply and specialty food stores. Replace each egg white with 1 tablespoon meringue powder and 2 tablespoons warm water. Proceed with recipe.