Royal icing is the go-to stuff for picture-perfect sugar cookies, because it makes a neat, hard and glossy finish that professional bakers and home chefs love.

Flooding: For icing to flood your cookies (i.e., to create a smooth, flat layer of icing across the surface), add water, 1 tsp. at a time, until the desired consistency is reached.

Step 5: Assemble the house. Glue the cookie pieces over the craft foam structure using either royal icing or a hot glue gun (use the hot glue gun only if the finished piece will not be eaten).

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Ingredients 1 (16-ounce) package powdered sugar 3 tablespoons meringue powder 5 to 6 tablespoons warm water 1 teaspoon light corn syrup Food coloring paste (optional) Combine powdered sugar ...

If you want to decorate your cookies like ours here, when you’re preparing this icing, use the “6-second pull test” to determine if it is the correct consistency. The test is simple: Pull a ...