Reply to "How Long Until I Am Safe From Bleeding"

Hi, this is a tough one to answer precisely, as bleeding depends on soooooo many things: (1) whether you piped wet-on-wet or wet-on-dry; (2) how thick your icings were to start; (3) how humid your drying conditions are; (4) how you dry the cookies . . . basically, the thicker the icings to start and the faster they dry, the less chance of bleeding. That being said, I'd give them a good 24 hours to be sure. I don't think you'll know much at the 5-hour mark. Best of luck! Please show us how they turned out.