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. This icing is rich and thick and may ...

Ree Drummond’s royal icing is a must-have when it comes to holiday baking. The celebrity chef uses it to decorate everything from Pioneer Woman gingerbread cookies to classic sugar cookies. Best of ...

Heather Saffer, the Rochester-based author of "The Dollop Book of Frosting" offers a bit of wisdom in her introduction to what is clearly a highly specialized cookbook: “To unabashed frosting lovers ...

1 medium egg yolk vegetable oil for brushing icing sugar for dusting white cake sparkles optional white writing icing optional Have ready two baking trays and some gingerbread-man cookie cutters, in a ...