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Serving Size 1 cups (approx) 188g Recipe makes 3 cups (approx)) |
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| Calories 614 | ||
| Calories from Fat 1 | (0%) | |
| Amount Per Serving | %DV | |
| Total Fat 0.2g | 0% | |
| Saturated Fat 0.0g | 0% | |
| Monounsaturated Fat 0.1g | ||
| Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1g | ||
| Trans Fat 0.0g | ||
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0% | |
| Sodium 79mg | 3% | |
| Potassium 77mg | 2% | |
| Total Carbohydrate 151.3g | 50% | |
| Dietary Fiber 0.0g | 0% | |
| Sugars 148.5g | ||
| Protein 5.1g | 10% | |
Decorating Icing
By: KITTENCAL
Nov 3, 2005
The powdered egg whites act as a stabilizer and allows the icing to harden. Make certain to purchase only POWDERED egg whites, powdered egg whites are available in the baking section of most major super markets. This is wonderful to decorate Christmas cookies such a gingerbread cookies, you can also pipe it through a pastry bag. Add in food colouring to create colours if desired. I have usd this recipe many times, it is wonderful for anything you want to decorate!
3 cups (approx)
Ingredients
- 1 (1 lb) box confectioners' sugar
- 4 teaspoons powdered egg whites
- 1/3 cup water (room temperature)
- 2-4 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- food coloring
Directions
1
In a large bowl beat all ingredients (except food colouring) with an electric mixer at medium speed until just combined and smooth (about 1 minute).2
Increase speed to high and beat icing until stiff peaks form, it will take about 3 minutes if you are using a heavy-duty stand mixer, and 4-5 minutes for a hand mixer.3
Beat in food colouring (if using).4
**NOTE** If you are planning to spread the icing instead of piping onto cookies, you might need to whisk in more water (a teaspoon at a time) to acheive the desired spreading consistancy.
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Featured Reviews for This Recipe
From: diamondodge
On Feb 4, 2007
perfect consistency that i've been looking for, but tasted horrible! ruined my cookies. i'm gonna say the lemon juice was the culprit. a teaspoon would have been more than enough. gonna try the powdered egg whites with my regular buttercream frosting next time. ok, UPDATE: after cookies sat for 12 hours and hardened, sour taste was gone. what happened??
From: KinMS
On Nov 11, 2006
This worked great on cookies. They dried nicely and kept their shape. I wasn't sure what you meant by vanilla food coloring, so I used vanilla extract and it was great!
From: Cilantro in Canada
On Dec 29, 2005
I used this on the candy sleigh Candy Sleighs, to resemble snow. I really liked this because it did not harden too much. The kids could still eat it, but it was firm enough to hold candy onto the 'sleigh'. This was very easy to make. Thanks for the recipe.
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