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Hi, I just spotted this question at the end of another forum post, and thought it merited its own topic, so I am re-posting it here. Can you help out this fellow Cookie Connection member?

 

Royal Icing Diaries

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I don't find that my cookies dry out at all in the dehydrator, so I don't worry too much about how much time they spend in it. On average, I would say my cookies are in there for 3-4 hours. I set the dehydrator to 95 degrees, at temperatures above that I often have issues with butter bleed because the cookies get too hot. 

 

I use the dehydrator at every step. It allows you to much more quickly move onto the next step, the icing will dry shiny, and problems like craters and bleeding are much reduced. Using it for the whole process helps you to best take advantage of what the dehydrator can do. 

Last edited by Julia M. Usher

Thank you so much for clarifying. I am definitely going to invest in a dehydrator after all I've read. I have craters constantly, and if this helps I will be thrilled. Also, just to speed up the process. I am sooo slow at decorating so anything will help!

I agree with what Happy Loris said for the most part, but since I don't have to package cookies for commercial sale (where they need to be completely dry before putting into bags), I primarily put cookies in the dehydrator to fast-set the base coats (and give them some poof and sheen) or when I've flooded small angular areas that are most prone to cratering. I typically won't put them back in just to dry small details on top, for instance. That said, my cookies' max time in the dehydrator is probably not more than 20 minutes. In this time, I see no material change in cookie texture.

Babushka's Bakes posted:

Can I use dehydrator for 3D builds to speed up the royal icing 'glue' drying. I.e. If bonding two parts of a spherical object together?

I suppose you could, though I just use a very thick icing, which dries pretty fast. I also avoid drying any dipped spherical pieces in the dehydrator, as the icing on curved surfaces tends to crack and do weird things.

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