Any tips here?? I made the recipe twice. The first time my cookies came out perfectly smooth with very little smoothing on my part. Then I made some again last week and I could not get them smooth. They were bumpy and I'm not sure what I did wrong. Was it the consistency? I used Antonia's recipe and I want to stick with it because the cookies are raved about with the family and friends. I didn't think I did anything different but its possible. Doing another batch tonight ( and about 6 more batches on Monday) so I will see if these work any better. I bought some craft bottles to use for icing but they are much smaller than I thought they would be when I ordered them so I'm not sure.
In general, just wondering how you get the cookies smooth. I used a toothpick on the icing that I filled in, after I outlined. Would a spatual work better? What would that do to the outline? Help! My mother in law is coming to Xmas dinner and I need to have all my cookies perfect this year. LOL! First time we are deviating from Xmas at her house. LOL!
I use my VERY CLEAN finger to spread the ising aroud..or the tip of the squeeze bottle. I also agree that you should make sure the icing is thin enough. hen you drop a bit of icing onto the cookie, it should "melt" into the rest of the icing in under 10 seconds. Make sure it is not too thin though or it will run off the sides.
Good luck with your dinner!
Any tips here?? I made the recipe twice. The first time my cookies came out perfectly smooth with very little smoothing on my part. Then I made some again last week and I could not get them smooth. They were bumpy and I'm not sure what I did wrong. Was it the consistency? I used Antonia's recipe and I want to stick with it because the cookies are raved about with the family and friends. I didn't think I did anything different but its possible. Doing another batch tonight ( and about 6 more batches on Monday) so I will see if these work any better. I bought some craft bottles to use for icing but they are much smaller than I thought they would be when I ordered them so I'm not sure.
In general, just wondering how you get the cookies smooth. I used a toothpick on the icing that I filled in, after I outlined. Would a spatual work better? What would that do to the outline? Help! My mother in law is coming to Xmas dinner and I need to have all my cookies perfect this year. LOL! First time we are deviating from Xmas at her house. LOL!
I would recommend keeping your fingers OUT of the royal icing. Make sure you have your icing thinned to the correct consistancy. If you need to smooth them use a small offset spatula. Also, a clean artist brush that's slightly damp make be used. Make sure it's for this purpose only LOL..
the job is easier too if you fill your outline with a lot of thinned royal icing. If you use too little, it's a pain to smooth it out to all the sides. When I fill my cookies, it looks as if it is going to overflow...but it doesn't. It's nice and thick and rounded.
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