I decorated some cookies last night and the icing appears to have dried correctly- the top is smooth and shiny. I pushed my finger into one the next day, though, and it made an indent. I'm worried these cookies may not dry at all.
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Maybe it's just more humid than usual.
I've had this happen a couple times with a purchased Royal Icing "mix". The top is smooth and dry but the center is fluffy and still wet. Have sworn off the mixes.
when i make royal icing with meringue powder on big cookies happens the same to me never dries, and never coold find a solution for that, even i increase the amount of meringue powder to the mix and also did not work. So i only use White eggs..
I experienced this last night too. I made large flower cookies to practice. I am having so much trouble with getting a solid Royal Icing recipe down. It tasted so caulky to me. I had success once and ever since I have only had problems. L I checked my cookies this morning and the one made a finger indent because it didn’t set etiher. I mixed the Meringue powder and water together until it frothed. Then I added in my Powdered sugar. It started to get clumpy so I added the Vanilla extract and also the light corn syrup.
Okay, all . . . I was just sitting here with my mind wandering about icing, since I have a batch of cookies patiently waiting for me.
I use Julia's RI recipe with pasteurized egg whites. It always turns out just dandy for me, howeeevvveeerrr . . . I am wondering what would happen if I added, say about 2 tablespoons or so of meringue powder. No water, just meringue powder. Since that's what makes the icing harden (I think), wouldn't it make it harden a bit faster?
Has anyone tried this yet, and what kind of results did you get?
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