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One of the hardest things I’ve had to do like a cookie decorator was to learn how to make royal icing, and then learn how to make “the right royal icing consistency” for decorating my cookies. I think that is the question we’ve all asked. What is “the right consistency” for my royal icing? How do I make it so my cookies look smooth and professional every time I make them?

That my friend isn’t an easy question to answer.

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Every now and then a really neat product is introduced into the cookie world and it makes my heart skip a beat. Hillary at The Cookie Countess told me about a new product she was about to release and I got really excited about it. I think you’ll be excited when you see The Precision Rolling Pin.

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I’m the most clumsy person in the world and it never fails that somehow I mess up a decorated cookie by sticking my finger in the icing. I don’t stick it the wet royal icing so it can be easily fixed. Nope. I stick in the royal icing that has started forming a crust so it’s a little harder to fix. But the good news is, you can fix a mistake on most (I wish it were all) of your cookies with almost dry royal icing.

It’s not hard to fix a mistake on a cookie if you’ve got a turkey lacer, toothpick, or a Cookie Scraper Boo Boo Stick. Keep reading and I’ll show you how because it’s really simple!

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We want instant gratification. We want everything right now, but unfortunately, no one told the red royal icing to move into the 21st century. It still lives in the dark ages and is perfectly content to wait until it good ready to turn red. Don’t give up. There are a few things we can do to get that deep red royal icing we’re all hoping to find.

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Do you ever stop to think about royal icing? How does it work and why is it so hard to understand the consistency? I’m going to take a really deep dive into royal icing so we can understand how to achieve the right consistency that will help us make beautiful cookies. We’ll cover topics like how to thin royal icing, whats the right consistency for writing on cookies, and how do I make royal icing flowers and borders. Do I have to use an “outline” and a “flood” royal icing or can I use 15 Second icing for both?

Together we are going to answer those questions so we can understand this magnificent icing and make beautiful cookies so let’s get started.

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Do you like flowers? I wish I could grow different kinds so I could stick them in Mason Jars and put them in every room of my house. I don’t have a green thumb because my thumbs are always covered in sugar, but that’s alright. I’d rather play in sugar instead of having to work outside all day. Mason jar cookies work better for me anyway so I can decorate them and give colorful bouquets to friends and family.

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I don’t know about you but I love making cookies. The things you can do with sugar, butter, and eggs always seem to amaze me. When I make cookies I’m in my happy place but I don’t always have a lot of time to spend coloring icing and cleaning up the creative mess that comes with making great cookies. That’s why I like to make these simple ice cream sandwich cookies. You don’t have to touch one bottle of food coloring gel. Just make a batch of chocolate roll-out cookies and use some white royal icing to sandwich two rectangle shaped cookies together. It seriously doesn’t get much easier than this!

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What is a decorating coupler? It’s something that connects two things. When we use them to decorate cakes, cupcakes, and cookies, it allows us to easily change our piping tips without having to change decorating bags. It would be awful if we had to make different bags of the same color of icing just to use different tips. So you might say that a decorating coupler is a must-have tool for most of us.

I know this tutorial may be old news to most of you, but I feel like it’s good information to share with our newbie decorators. Whether you make cakes, cookies, or cupcakes you need to know what tools are important and why. Even if you use tipless decorating bags, you probably still have to use a coupler from time to time.

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