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It turned out to be a rather stressful Sunday. Jackie's friends liked her Angry Bird cookies which she had made the weekend before and I wanted to try the meringue powder that I had just bought .It seemed like a good idea using egg white powder for the royal icing as I always end up with loads of egg yolk after making a batch of decorated sugar cookies. Mixing it was a breeze. Nice stiff icing for piping outlines. But when I watered it slightly to color the rest of the cookie it refused to dry and smudged everytime we accidentally touched it.
Jackie got fed up halfway and suddenly remembered "I have to do my homework". What it actually meant was " Mummy, finish it for me"...sigh. So there I was, this very bad artist struggling with wet icing when a light bulb went off in my head. Why not dry it off in slow oven heat..afterall it is a meringue, somewhat. Whew! Saved. And what do you know, my 'drawing got better with every beak I drew.LOL
Royal icing in various colours and consistency ready for decorating. They have to be kept from drying out or else crust will form .
Cookies ready for decorating: Red Angry Bird, Yellow Angry Bird, PacMan
Outline followed by colour, otherwise termed 'flooding' and this was when the trouble began. The white icing finally dried out after 20mins on low heat in the oven with the fan on.
The eyes were drawn in first then flooded with yellow
icing. It was rather tedious trying not to drown the eyes.
A working mess...hehe
Couldnt resist. I accidentally smudged the exclamation mark.
