Best-tasting icing recipe for cookies?

[Anonymous]

I'm looking for something that will dry hard but taste good. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Royal icing. I recently used the King Arthur icing mix and it turned out really good; glossy and it tasted good. Normally I make it the old fashioned way, which is comparable.

[Anonymous]

I used this one: http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/11587/recipesugar-cookie-icing
I thought it tasted pretty good and dried perfectly. I definitely used a little extra almond extract and it gave it a nice almond flavor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Royal icing. I recently used the King Arthur icing mix and it turned out really good; glossy and it tasted good. Normally I make it the old fashioned way, which is comparable.

How do most people feel about egg whites these days? I'm not sure I'll have time to get meringue powder tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Royal icing. I recently used the King Arthur icing mix and it turned out really good; glossy and it tasted good. Normally I make it the old fashioned way, which is comparable.

How do most people feel about egg whites these days? I'm not sure I'll have time to get meringue powder tomorrow.[/quote]

The allrecipes one by PP doesn't mention eggs or meringue powder but it still says it dries hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used this one: http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/11587/recipesugar-cookie-icing
I thought it tasted pretty good and dried perfectly. I definitely used a little extra almond extract and it gave it a nice almond flavor.

Thanks, I saw this one but wasn't sure how it would taste. I may give it a try.

[Anonymous]

I always use royal icing (powdered sugar, egg white, vanilla, and cream of tarter) and I researched the egg white thing last year before giving the cookies to little kids. Turns out the bacteria can't live in the dried icing, so it is safe. I always do use the highest quality eggs I can find, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used this one: http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/11587/recipesugar-cookie-icing
I thought it tasted pretty good and dried perfectly. I definitely used a little extra almond extract and it gave it a nice almond flavor.

Thanks, I saw this one but wasn't sure how it would taste. I may give it a try.

I used this one also. I do not like almond flavor so I substitued vanilla.