I recently noticed my cookies are not drying as quickly or smoothly, and almost have a "powdery" finish . . . THEN I noticed that when I scurried into Hobby Lobby to stock up on colors, I snatched a whole bunch of colors off the rack where the AmeriColor usually are, BUT these were the Hobby Lobby brand! Anybody else having issues??
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Sorry, I've never used Hobby Lobby color.
I think that more often happens when your flood is too thin/watery. I don't' think it would be from the color, but I have never used Hobby Lobby either. Have you changed your brand of meringue powder recently?
I've been having that issue lately as well, the powdery issue. No problems with drying or lumpiness. Sugarbelle suggested it is from beating too long. I barely beat so it can't be that. I interchangeably use different brands of powdered sugar, thought it may be that issue so I experimented. Nope, it's happening with both brands. Soooooooo....what is it? I used different brands of color, always have. It's just a recent problem for me so I'm stumped. I live in the central US, use egg whites, no meringue powder and I shoot for about a 6 second-icing, which I use to both outline and flood. What I have been doing differently, somewhat so, is making larger batches at a time. I'm going to make 4 separate batches today and see if I get any noticeable difference. Will post results.
