How to Decorate a Cookie with Royal Icing (Video)
I have had several emails lately asking me how I flood my cookies. The question isn’t so much how do you flood a cookie, but more how do you make them look “full” or “puffy.” I thought I would make a how-to decorate a cookie with royal icing video to show you how I do it.
Decorate a Cookie with Royal Icing Supplies:
White Outline Icing
Flood Icing– Colors are up to you
BooBoo Stick or
Turkey Lacer
Cookie Recipe
Royal Icing Recipe
There is one thing that I want to make sure I point out. When you outline your cookies, don’t hold the tip close to the cookie. If you hold the tip close and your handshakes, so will your outline. If you hold the tip away from the cookie, you will more control to gently lay the icing on the edge of the cookie.
Enough talking! Let’s get to the video.
How to decorate a cookie with royal icing video. Remember, this is my first video so please be nice=) If you are looking for some tips and tricks to cookie decorating, you may enjoy the “Beginners Guide to Cookie Decorating”. If you would like a free printable cookie supply shopping list that has all the AmeriColor Gel and Wilton colors, click here.
Bear hugs,
Somehow I missed this! All I can say is “Ditto” to all the compliments! I like this type of video to see clear and up close the “how”! Gives alot clearer picture of the icing consistancy done in little segments like this. Keep up the good work, Lisa and thank you for taking the time to share like you do!
Blessings, Donna B.
Can’t believe I missed this one…I love it!! And I love your choice of music!! Great job, Lisa!!
Great video…especially for your first time!! Look forward to many more!
I Love it! Thanks for share it!
This video is great!! I’ve always wondered how to frost cookies so smoothly! I can’t wait to try this method! Thanks!!
I’m a very new baker. I appreciate all your wonderful videos but would be even more appreciative if you could include tip numbers that you are using for outlining, flooding and detail work and approximate times for mixing batters and icings. Thank you for supplying me with some confidence!
Nancy
Hi Nancy! Welcome to the wonderful world of cookie decorating! I have been trying to do better at adding what kind of tip I am using but I will work even harder from here on out. See, there I go again assuming everyone know that my favorite tips are PME #2. I promise I will do better.
As for the times to make things, I will try. I never really pay attention to the time because I am always stopping to take pictures or to move the video camera. It is a one woman show up here in my kitchen. I will work on watching the time just for your but I can’t promise anything. But I will TRY! 😉
I love your website. I am addicted to learning new cookie ideas. I just want to know what consistency you like to use for wet on wet icing. If it is too thin will it bleed??
Hi Janine,
I like to use 10-Second Icing for wet on wet decorating. As far as the bleeding issues go thats hard to say because of humidity. I usually don’t have issues with bleeding when I use the wet on wet technique, but nothings perfect when it comes to royal icing bleeding issues.
Hi, I truly enjoy your videos. Question, why is it that my icing does not completely harden even after 10 hrs of drying? When I go to write on them, it pokes a whole right through 🙁
It sounds like there may have been a problem with the icing or grease in the icing. If there is grease in the icing it will cause it not to dry and bleed into the other colors. Grease can cause your icing to do all kinds of strange things.
Did you place them in a container to dry? If your cookies don’t get air, they won’t dry. Most cookie decorators (including myself) will place them in front of a fan to help the icing dry.
Also, overmixing the icing can cause it to stay moist or not dry completely. These are a few things you might try to address to fix the issue. If you try any of these and they don’t work, email me and we’ll try a few more things.
My icing dries dull. How is your still glossy?
I dry the cookies in front of a fan. Sweet Sugarbelle shared this tip with us a long time ago and it works! Here is her tutorial about it:
http://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/2011/04/my-1-fan-wfmw/
Hope that helps!