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      Title: Royal Icing
 Categories: Five, Desserts
      Yield: 1 batch
 
  3 1/4 c  Confectioners' sugar
           - (1 lb / 454 g)
      3 lg Egg whites
    1/2 ts Cream of tartar
      1 pn Salt
           Food coloring; as needed
 
  In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the sugar, egg
  whites, cream of tartar and salt. Whisk until stiff and
  glossy.
  
  To tint the frosting, divide into small bowls. Cover the
  ones you aren't using with plastic wrap; the frosting
  dries out very quickly. Use a rubber spatula to stir in
  desired food coloring. Though not necessary, it makes
  life easier if you make two versions of each color - one
  that is thick to pipe the outline on the cookie, and one
  that is thinned out slightly with a little water to
  flood the outline.
  
  Transfer frosting to piping bags fitted with very small
  round tips (sizes 1 to 2 work best). Pipe frosting onto
  cooled cookies and let set, at least 2 hours. Or use a
  pastry of paint brush to decorate cookies with the
  frosting.
  
  Recipe by Melissa Clark
  
  Yield: Enough for about 4 dozen cookies
  
  RECIPE FROM: https://cooking.nytimes.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
 
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