Baking is a fun activity that takes skill but produces tasty treats. There are two types of icing that are often used: Royal and regular and they are different.

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 ...

Learn the ingredients of royal icing and find out how to use, store and decorate cookies with royal icing. Be it a smooth swathe of bright cheery color across a cute cookie cutout; the piping used to ...

For those who are not familiar with it, Royal icing is an easy frosting used for decorating cakes and cookies, and can also be used as glue. Knowing how to make royal icing is a valuable baking skill.

Ice cookies like a pro with this easy-to-follow recipe and tips from Angie Tucker and Christin Kubasko of Southern Sugar Bakery in Raleigh, North Carolina: The icing (used for the base layer) should ...