Comments on: How to Decorate a Cookie with Royal Icing (Video)

By: Lisa Snyder

Lisa Snyder — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:27:18 +0000

Hi Sharlene!

Stick around for more laughs! I am back in the kitchen baking my little heart out and I will share the good, the bad, and the funny with you all. Please et me know if you have any questions and I’ll do my best to help.

Bear hugs,
Lisa 😉

PS- Some of the best bakers I know are 76 + years old. You can do this!

By: Sharlene Rose (Charlie)

Sharlene Rose (Charlie) — Mon, 15 May 2023 12:44:01 +0000

Thanks, U made me laugh. Because everything you said is soooo true. I am 76 and don’t feel like I can ever keep up with the young woman here and their glorious decorations and talent. But your humor, video’s and teaching are so good it gives me the push to keep going and to laugh at my many mistakes. Thank you so much for inspiration with humor. And making others feel like they can do it.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:32:57 +0000

In reply to Brianne.

Hi Brianne,

No, I don’t always outline in white. I usually think of the final cookie when I plan colors. If I want the outline to stand out I’ll use a different color.

So I guess to answer your question I usually outline and flood with the same color. Hope this helps!

By: Brianne

Brianne — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 01:49:52 +0000

Do you always outline in white? I understand with this project you have multiple flood colors so it’s less cleanup, but I wasn’t sure if it had another purpose…. depth or something like that? If you were only making two colors of hearts, would you outline in white? Or those specific colors?
Thanks for sharing your experiences & baking wisdom!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 22:56:12 +0000

In reply to Janine. 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.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 07 May 2019 13:11:52 +0000

In reply to LaNell.

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!

By: LaNell

LaNell — Fri, 03 May 2019 05:52:15 +0000

My icing dries dull. How is your still glossy?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:51:05 +0000

In reply to Crystal.

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.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Sun, 16 Dec 2018 12:58:40 +0000

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 🙁

By: Janine

Janine — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 19:49:09 +0000

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??