Month: December 2017

Desserts

The Best Royal Icing Recipe

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This is the best royal icing recipe. It is very easy to use to decorate sugar cookies. It dries up quickly too. I got this recipe from Follow the Ruels. She gives some good tips on thinning the icing so check out her post.

Sugar cookies

Ingredients: 
  • 2 tbsp Meringue Powder
  • 1/4 cup Water and 1-2 tbsp of water for thinning
  • 4 cups Powder Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Directions:

In a bowl or stand mixer, mix the meringue powder with water until there’s foam. Stir in powder sugar and vanilla extract until the icing become light. If the mixture is thick, add 1 tbsp of water at a time.

Separate the icing into bowls and add the desire coloring.

Click here for the Sugar Cookies Recipe!

Sugar cookies
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The Best Royal Icing Recipe

Prep Time15 minutes
Total Time15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp Meringue Powder
  • 1/4 cup Water and 1-2 tbsp of water for thinning
  • 4 cups Powder Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Instructions

  • In a bowl or stand mixer, mix the meringue powder with water until there's foam. Stir in powder sugar and vanilla extract until the icing become light. If the mixture is thick, add 1 tbsp of water at a time.  Separate the icing into bowls and add the desire coloring.  

Activities for Kids

Sugar Cookies Recipe

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This sugar cookies recipe is so easy to make. It is soft and keeps its shape after baking. It’s perfect for decorating!

Sugar cookies

My daughter loves to help me bake. I enjoy baking with her. It’s mother daughter bonding time. She helped me picked the cookie cutter shapes. After I rolled out the dough, she helped me cut it. Making sugar cookies is similar to play-doh so she likes it and had fun helping.

Ingredients:
  • 3 Cups of flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 2 1/2  Sticks of butter
  • 1 Cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Directions: 

Preheat the oven to 325 Degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a medium bowl, stir flour and baking powder together. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Stir in eggs and vanilla extract. Add the flour and baking powder in and knead the dough.

Roll the dough out into 1/4 inch thick. Using cookie cutters, cut them into shapes. Place the cookies on the baking sheet and put it in the fridge for 5 minutes. Then bake for 10-12 minutes. Let it cool off before decorating.

I made my own royal icing for the sugar cookies. Click here for the recipe.

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Sugar Cookies Recipe

Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Servings: 24 Cookies

Ingredients

  • 3 Cups Flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
  • 2 1/2 Sticks of butter
  • 1 Cup sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 Egg yolk
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 325 Degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a medium bowl, stir flour and baking powder together. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Stir in eggs and vanilla extract. Add the flour and baking powder in and knead the dough. 
  • Roll the dough out into 1/4 inch thick. Using cookie cutters, cut them into shapes. Place the cookies on the baking sheet and put it in the fridge for 5 minutes. Then bake for 10-12 minutes. Let it cool off before decorating.