Decorating Icing

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2017

To create an icing with more structure and ensure more successful detailed decorating, we whipped egg whites with confectioners’ sugar in a stand mixer.

SERVES Makes 1 1/3 cups

TIME 10 minutes

Decorating Icing

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Basic icing recipes call for sugar mixed with milk or water, but this leads to thin icing best applied as a glaze. We wanted to draw sharp, distinct features and embellishments on our gingerbread cookies. To create an icing with more struct...

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