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  • Hey everyone, it's Jill

  • Welcome to Sweet Art Made Simple

  • Now, there are lots of schools of thought when it comes to cookie icings

  • I am going to show you three popular cookie icing recipes

  • I have used them and some are my favorites.

  • These are my go-to recipes as they are easy to make and I get great results

  • Other decorators have their stand by recipes

  • I would love for you to see which one you like the best

  • And then comment below of the recipes you use or like

  • So, let's get started and show you the recipes

  • I actually use all three of these recipes for cookies

  • It depends on what I am going to decorate

  • If I want a real glossy look, I will go with the corn syrup recipe.

  • If I want a dryer, matte look, I will use the meringue recipe

  • Especially if I want the royal icing to dry really fast

  • If I want a semi-gloss look but want it to dry fast, I will use the egg white royal icing recipe

  • All the recipes start with one cup of powdered sugar.

  • With the glossy recipe, add 2 teaspoons corn syrup

  • and two teaspoons of milk

  • If you using an extract, add 1/2 teaspoon of clear extract

  • If adding a color, just add a drop as it will absorb the color really well.

  • Powdered sugar is just refined sugar with some corn starch

  • When it hits liquid it is like a sponge and absorbs fast

  • To make the hardened quick dry royal icing you need meringue powder

  • 1 Tablespoon of meringue powder,

  • 1 and 1/2 Tablespoon of water

  • and mix it. adding 1/2 teaspoon of extract if needed

  • And with the egg white method, add one egg white

  • This will give it a glossy look too, but harden quicker than the corn syrup recipe

  • Then add 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar and then extract if needed

  • When ready to add color, just add and stir

  • You get to pick the consistency you want

  • If you are flooding a cookie, you don't want the icing to be too thick

  • But if you are doing detail work, you may want to add more powdered sugar

  • Just make a well with the powdered sugar and add the ingredients.

  • For thicker icing, just add more sugar

  • I am going to decorate three cookies and let them sit and I'll wait thill they are dry

  • This way you can see the difference in the three cookie icings

  • As you can see I have mixed all three recipes

  • This is the one with the egg white.

  • I did have to add more powdered sugar

  • as the egg white was more than usual

  • It is now the right consistency that I like

  • This is our recipe using meringue powder

  • They all look alike now, but wait till you see how they dry

  • And then this is the one with the corn syrup and milk

  • The look alike and I have the consistency I want too

  • I am adding a drop of electric green to each one

  • It will make a pretty green color for our Christmas Treres

  • I am going to decorate each cookie

  • and then let it dry

  • and we will see if we can tell the difference

  • Oh, I did want to say that the glossy recipe does take longer to dry

  • The one with the meringue powder dries fast

  • So if you are in a rush, use the meringue recipe

  • You just won't get a glossy look

  • Oh, I love that color

  • It will be pretty for the Christmas Trees

  • So, as you can see the three trees are iced

  • The glossy, the meringue royal icing one and...

  • and this is with the egg whites

  • As you can see I covered by bowls so the icing wouldn't harden

  • The icing will dry up quickly if not covered

  • If I touch the meringue cookie, it is already hard after 20 minutues.

  • The one with the egg whites is almost dry

  • And the one with corn syrup is still soft

  • They will all dry hard, but ones goes al ittle quicker

  • I don't know if you can see, but this one has a glossier look

  • This one has more of a matte look

  • And this one is more of a semi-gloss

  • It depends one what you want

  • The nice thing is you have variety

  • So, thank you for joining us today

  • Remember to stay sweet and simple

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Hey everyone, it's Jill

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