Royal Icing

Did you miss me yesterday??? Life was a bit hectic and I wasn't able to get on my blog to update.  I am sure many of you are busy with the upcoming events of this week.  Hopefully you are all ready for whatever holiday you choose to celebrate this time of year :)

Part of my day was spent making 30 of these cute little grahame cracker houses:

Grahame Cracker Houses

They are for the youth group in my church to decorate as a youth activity tonight.  I cannot wait to see how cute they all look once they are decorated.

Normally when I make these I have my father-in-law who is a professional baker make me the royal icing.  Well, this year, I ran out of the icing he made and had to make my own.  It was SUPER easy and turned out great.  So, I thought I would share the recipe with you today.

ROYAL ICING

4-5 cups powdered sugar

1/2 tsp cream of tartar

3 egg whites

1.  Sift the powdered sugar and cream of tartar together into a medium sized bowl.

2.  Add the egg whites and beat on medium speed for 5 minutes.                            

3.  Icing should be stiff and thick.                                                                           

4.  If too runny, add powdered sugar 1 tbs at a time until desired consistency.         

See, super easy!!!  It worked great for putting my 30 little houses together.  If I have time tonight, maybe I will take some pictures of the houses all decorated up and share them.

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