This Eggless Royal Icing is perfect for decorating cookies! With a subtle lemony taste, it’s great for anything from sugar cookies to drawing decorative shapes or gluing together a gingerbread house. It hardens when it dries so decorations stay in place.
Today, we are going to talk about royalty!
Yeap… Eggless Royal Icing.
First of all, I have to clarify that by no means I am an expert on decorating cookies. Not even close.
But…
My daughter loves to decorate cookies!! Unfortunately, most royal icing recipes and store-bought royal icing products have eggs as an ingredient. So, last year I found out a recipe and tweaked a little to my liking.
If you are not familiar, Royal icing is a thick white icing use to decorate mostly cookies. It dries hard and is very versatile. There are many techniques to work with this icing depending on the consistency and what you want to achieve.
The Eggless Royal Icing recipe I’m sharing today has a thick consistency, which makes it best for detail work, such piping border, drawing decorative shapes, or gluing together a gingerbread house.
Of course, you can thin the icing out with water, depending on how thick you want it.
TIPS AND TRICKS TO MAKE EGGLESS ROYAL ICING:
- The consistency of this icing is best for detail work, such piping border, drawing decorative shapes, or gluing together a gingerbread house. To thin icing for flooding a cookie, add more water, about 1 teaspoon at the time, stirring slowly. Be careful not to stir vigorously or you will add air to the icing and it won’t flood evenly.
- If you need a thicker icing mix in a little more confectioner’s sugar.
- If you need a thinner icing add a few more drops of water.
- The lemon juice helps harden the icing, but you could substitute vanilla extract if you prefer for flavor purpose.
- Keep all utensils completely grease-free.
- To add color divide royal icing among several small bowls and stir in a few drops of gel paste.
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I hope you find this recipe useful and that it helps you create beautiful things.
Happy Cooking!!!
This Eggless Royal Icing is perfect decorating cookies! With a subtle lemony taste, it's great for anything from sugar cookies to drawing decorative shapes or gluing together a gingerbread house. It hardens when it dries so decorations stay in place.
- 2 cups confectioner's sugar
- 4 – 5 teaspoons water
- 4 teaspoons light corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
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Mix confectioner's sugar and water in a glass bowl until no lumps.
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Add light corn syrup and mix until incorporated.
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Stir in lemon juice extract and mix until incorporated.
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Use the white icing as it is, or divide the icing into several bowls and add gel food coloring. See notes for different consistencies.
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Use immediately, or store in an airtight container with a piece of plastic wrap pressed directly onto the surface of the icing for up to 3 days. Stir gently with a spatula before using.
The consistency of this icing is best for detail work, such piping border, drawing decorative shapes, or gluing together a gingerbread house. To thin icing for flooding a cookie, add more water, about 1 teaspoon at the time, stirring slowly. Be careful not to stir vigorously or you will add air to the icing and it won’t flood evenly.
If you need a thicker icing mix in a little more confectioner's sugar.
If you need a thinner icing add a few more drops of water.
The lemon juice helps harden the icing, but you could substitute vanilla extract if you prefer for flavor purpose.
Keep all utensils completely grease-free.
To add color divide royal icing among several small bowls and stir in a few drops of gel paste.
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- Glass Mixing Bowl Set
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- Measuring Cups
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- Measuring Spoons
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- Disposable Decorating Bags
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Just stumbled upon your blog through Foodgawker!! EGGLESS!!!!!!! My granddaughter has severe egg allergy and finding you is a blessing. <3
Great recipe for anyone with allergies but I followed the directions exactly and it tasted weird, i don’t know why but something about it tasted off
Hello Sammi! Thanks so much for your feedback and trying my recipe.
It is impossible for 2 cups of powdered sugar to be lump free with 5 teaspoons of water!
Hello M! It’s not impossible because I’ve done it many times. I am sorry this recipe didn’t work for you. Thanks for trying my recipe though.
You could sift it first to get out the lumps.
Hey i am wondering can i use this to make sprinkles ? Also can i make them a more vanilla like flavore instead
Hello Lizzy! Sorry but I haven’t tested this recipe to make sprinkles. Yes, you can add vanilla but the color will change slightly, you can use clear vanilla though.
Will this work to dip cake pops in or will it just run off right away? My daughter can’t have eggs or white chocolate b cause of the milk so I’m trying to find Ana alternative.
Hello Michelle, I haven’t tried this recipe with cake pop but I think it could work. Please come back and let me know how you like it. 🙂
Can this work for sting work also…..
Hello Titi! Thanks for your interest in this recipe. I am sorry but since I am no expert cookie decorating I haven’t tested this icing with advanced techniques. if you do, please come back and let me know. Thanks!