This three-ingredient royal icing is a must-have for holiday baking. If you ever wondered what the secret is to perfectly frosted cut-out sugar cookies, we’ll fill you in: royal icing. This specialty ...

A lovely cookie, personalized with royal icing, is a detail your guests won't soon forget. Technique tip: I won't lie, this recipe takes practice and it's not as easy as it looks. I suggest trying ...

Fun fact: You do not, I repeat, do not need to be a professional pastry chef (or a GBBO contestant) to craft some expertly decorated cookies. What you do need? A top-notch royal icing recipe (and a ...

Whether you’re looking to create fun confections with the kids, or craft a show-stopping cookie, cake or even gingerbread house, we’ll show you the right steps for making and using fool-proof royal ...

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 ...

I used to think my kitchen was cursed. Every time I made royal icing, something went wrong – cracked cookies, […] The post Royal Icing Recipe Secrets: Why Your Cookies Keep Cracking (And How I Fixed ...

For many of us, gingerbread houses are as much a part of Christmas as decorated trees and candy canes. Whereas some people vary the traditional ski chalet or wood cabin by turning their gingerbread ...

A 1996 F&W Best New Chef, Maria Helm Sinskey is the culinary director of Robert Sinskey Vineyards in Napa Valley, California. Formerly the executive chef at Plumpjack Café in San Francisco, she ...