You will love how you can Frost dozens of Cookies in just 5 minutes with “Dippable” Royal Icing

Decorating holiday cookies is a lot of fun, but can be so much work. There are times when I dread frosting dozens of cookies. How about you? 

I was dreading frosting dozens upon dozens of my famous vanilla almond cut-out sugar cookies I make each Christmas.

I have to tell you about this easy cookie frosting hack that makes frosting batch after batch of cookie so much easier! No more sifting powdered sugar. No more bottles, or icing bags. 

The best part is that you can make about a dozen frosted cookies in less than 60 seconds! Truly! As a bonus, this cookie frosting recipe tastes so good, too. Score!

Ingredients you need:

• 3 cups unsifted powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon meringue powder
• 1-2 T light corn syrup
• 4 to 5 tablespoons water
• 1/4-1/4 t lemon juice (optional)
• Food coloring (optional)

Making your easy cookie frosting recipe:

1. Combine ingredients and beat on high for 2-3 minutes.
2. Dip each cookie face down into the bowl of icing, gently scraping the excess frosting with a frosting knife or on the edge of the bowl.
3. Allow to sit on a cooling rack to allow frosting to drip through.
4. Let harden at least 2-3 hours before decorating.

The result is smooth, full coverage icing in just minutes. No knives, no edging and flooding with pastry bags. Just dip and done.

As I mentioned earlier, I was able to dip a dozen cookies in just a minute! Add food coloring or cacao powder, if you choose, to change the look of these cookies.

Tips for making this easy cookie icing recipe:

• Add water to the recipe until it’s about the consistency of white glue. You want it thick, but smooth and pourable
• Place the icing in a flat bowl or container, and simply dip the cookie. Use a knife or rubber spatula to clean off the sides. 
• Place the cookie on parchment paper or cooling rack and allow the excess frosting to drip off. 
• Use some food coloring pens to have the kids help decorate with them.  (I researched these a lot and found that food coloring pens work great! It’s also great to use them for watercoloring painting the cookies, too. 

Here is an example of cookies made with dippable icing using cacao powder.

And, I can’t imagine how much better these might have looked if I’d just dipped them!

The best part is that this process allows my kids to get more involved in the decorating, and I am able to let go of my control issues.

I found some awesome food coloring pens that I gave the kids to decorate with. I think they did great! (I researched these a lot and found that food coloring pens work great!

I also decided to try my hand at watercolor painting the cookies.

I used gel food coloring and various paint brushes. To get the ombre and watercolor effects, I added water to each color in varying degrees of dilution.

How much fun would that be to paint cookies for a girlfriend night in?

Now that you know how to make these easy frosted cookies, there are so many ideas on when to make them. Baby showers, holidays, and what about a girls night in? I hope you love my new time-saving, memory mom hack!

Easiest Sugar Cookie Icing Ever - Dippable Royal Icing

FROST DOZENS OF COOKIES IN JUST 5 MINUTES WITH “DIPPABLE” ROYAL ICING

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Ingredients

• 3 cups unsifted powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon meringue powder
• 1-2 T light corn syrup
• 4 to 5 tablespoons water
• 1/4-1/4 t lemon juice (optional)
• Food coloring (optional)

Instructions

1. Combine ingredients and beat on high fo 2-3 minutes.
2. Dip each cookie face down into the bowl of icing, gently scraping the excess frosting with a frosting knife or on the edge of the bowl.
3. Allow to sit on a cooling rack to allow frosting to drip through.
4. Let harden at least 2-3 hours before decorating.
   

Or, if you want to skip icing these amazing cookies, try this simple and pretty marbling technique!