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I have a reciepe for icing for cookies and it calls for egg yolks. Is that safe? The icing isn't cooked so it is raw egg. I've made the cookies in the past and for some reason just realized it this year.
Re: ? for the bakers
Are you sure its not egg whites? Royal Icing, like the kind you use with gingerbread, has egg whites in it, but I've never heard of using the yolk.
As far as using the whites, there is always a risk of salmonella, but as long as you use clean and properly packaged eggs, and try to limit exposure of the whites with the shell, you should be fine.
I agree with Kelly- are you sure it's not egg whites? If so you can substitute meringue powder for them:
http://www.joyofbaking.com/RoyalIcing.html