Royal Icing

A royal icing without raw egg white added. Dries hard- excellent for decorating cookies

• Ready In: 5 mins
• Serves: 1
• Yields: 1 3/4 cups icing

Ingredients

• 500  g icing sugar (confectioners sugar)
• 3  teaspoons lemon juice
• 1⁄3 cup water
•  food coloring (optional)

Directions

1. Place all ingredietns in a bowl and stir. Leave sit for one minute.
2. Whisk vigorously until smooth.
3. Add food colour, one drop at atime until the desired colour is achieved.
4. You can divide the mixture and add different colours if desired.
5. If the icing is too thick to decorate, add a little more water -only as required.