Flooding Technique Using Royal Icing

This is a demo of how I flood my cookies using 10 Count Royal Icing. To check the consistency of your icing, take a spoonful and drop it back into the bowl. It should take about 10 seconds for the icing to smooth itself out.

Here is the royal icing recipe:

1 pound confectioners sugar
5 TBS meringue powder
1/2 c water plus more for thinning the icing later
1 tsp vanilla

Combine all ingredients and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy. To thin the icing, add water, one tablespoon at a time, until you reach 10 count consistency.

The cookie I am decorating is an orange vanilla spice sugar cookie. It contains orange zest, vanilla bean and cardamom.

Watch it on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9wEILJshpU&context=C31e623fADOEgsToPDskLXWndY5WKHOGGjdyE4NNWZ