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.

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.

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The Best Royal Icing Recipe

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Total Time15 minutes mins

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.