
Make sure you’re using the paddle attachment of a stand mixer to make your royal icing and not the whisk attachment.
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My complete royal icing recipe along with a video on how to make it are available as a download from my shop and they’re also available to my Patreon subscribers. To make royal icing from scratch, you’ll need confectioners sugar, meringue powder, a little salt, water, and vanilla extract (or any flavor you like!). I use 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons of meringue powder per 2 pounds of confectioners sugar (yes, some would say that’s a lot of meringue powder.

I make my royal icing with meringue powder, which consists of dry powdered egg white and stabilizers (you can read more on the different forms of egg white below). The egg white is what allows it to dry hard, which is what makes royal icing so versatile. This is the only icing that I use to decorate my cookies. Royal icing is made from confectioners sugar, water, egg white, and flavorings. Get access to exclusive cookie decorating tutorials, my cookie and royal icing recipes, and individualized cookie decorating advice by joining my Cookie Art Club! What is Royal Icing?

You can watch this video tutorial when you become a member of my Cookie Art Club! This guide covers everything you ever wanted to know about royal icing, including tips on how to make royal icing from scratch, how to make the perfect icing for cookies, and more!
