Alternative to Royal Icing.....

DS is allergic to raw egg so royal icing is out, I want to make sugar cookies with the kids to decorate, any ideas on other icing please???!!!

You can use a basic icing mix with
500g icing sugar
2 tsp melted butter
2 tablespoons hot water

Just adjust to consistency you require

I make an icing with just a cup of icing sugar, a teaspoon of butter or margarine and a few drops of hot water. You can make it as thick enough to pipe (add more icing sugar) or thin (more water) as you like and it sets reasonably hard.

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Oh that's easy thanks chicks - do I need to beat it or just mix together? Can I add food colouring??

I just mix it with a fork, yes you can add food colouring.

Thanks lovely! xoxo

you can also make royal with the "orgran no egg" egg replacer, same as royal icing but use the no egg in place of egg whites..

(I use meringue powder in my royal, which has dehydrated egg whites.. not sure if thats still out?)

you could also use a glaze icing, which will set like royal, icing sugar, corn syrup (glucose syrup) and a dash on milk, can still be coloured etc..

Oooh I have no egg too! Thanks hun!

There's this just add water royal icing mix you can get at the shops. You would need to check the packet but I'm pretty sure it doesn't have egg in it. You can add extra water to make it runnier.

I read the other day melting white chocolate and mixing in icing sugar to use as an egg free royal icing alternative. It was actually on bb. :)

Ya know Netix I have a funny feeling I posted the same thread before now that you mention the white choc :o Clearly should have searched first.....

Thanks everyone, ran out of time today so will trial on Thursday!

Lol Tan. Sorry, I can't remember what it was I searched for to come up with it. It had something to do with either royal icing or gingerbread houses. Good luck. :)

I used that instant royal icing today for our first ever gingerbread house. The icing was great :)

That's right! I did a gingerbread house last year and made the white choc icing - I think I hijacked a thread slightly to ask!!!!:rofl: crawling back into my hole now!!!!

That's right! I did a gingerbread house last year and made the white choc icing - I think I hijacked a thread slightly to ask!!!!:rofl: crawling back into my hole now!!!!

Lol, you da funiest Tan!