Within the past couple of months my housing development has unfortunately lost quite a few houses to an arson. We, as a community, have been working closely with the local police and fire department and this Wednesday the community is holding a "crime watch" cookout and needed volunteers to make dessert. I of course volunteered and thought that it would be fun to make and decorate cookies!
Naturally, the first thing that came to mind was the community watch logo, but I thought that it would be more fun, and colorful, to go with a summer theme. Therefore, I decided that I would make lemons, oranges, watermelons and beachballs. The watermelons are definitely my favorite!
Typically, people use a traditional sugar cookie when flooding with royal icing, but instead I decided to use my grandmother's sour cream cookie recipe. For these cookies I used the following royal icing recipe and then just thinned it out with water in order to flood the insides. Enjoy!
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Ingredients:
4 cups confectioner’s sugar, sifted3 Tbsp. meringue powder
½ tsp. vanilla extract
5-8 Tbsp. water (more if needed, but add a little at a time)
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment and beat on low-medium for 7-10 minutes, or until icing reaches desired consistency. *Icing should be a little hard, but still soft enough to pipe through a pastry bag. Make sure to cover any unused icing with a damp towel so that it doesn’t harden as you are working.*
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