Recipe#4292

Title: Royal 02

From: patcar@mainemoose.esd.sgi.com (Pat Caruthers) 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking 
 Subject: Royal Icing 
 Date: 13 Dec 1996 19:06:54 GMT 
 Message-ID: <58s9ge$dke@gazette.engr.sgi.com> 

There are two forms of royal icing - one used for just for decorating,
 the other used as 'cement' for glueing your gingerbread house
 together.
 Decorating Royal Icing
 1 egg white, beaten (soft peaks)
 6-8 oz. powdered sugar
 add sugar to egg whites until it reaches desired consistancy.
 Royal Icing Cement
 3 Tb. meringue powder
 3 1/2 fluid oz warm water
 1 lb. powdered sugar (sifted)
 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
 Beat the meringue powder and water together.  Stir in sugar and
 cream of tartar, Beat vigorously for 3 - 4 minutes.
 This dries rather quickly and very hard.  Cover the container with
 a damn paper towel when you aren't using it.