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Royal icing/Decorating cookies question- will this agenda work?
I am making star cookies and then icing them with royal icing (my first time...) for a birthday party this weekend for a friend's daughter's birthday on Saturday. I am using BridgetMc's sugar cookie recipe, and Annie's royal icing tutorial.
Tues- Make sugar cookie recipe, refrigerate overnight
Wed- Roll out cookie dough and cut cookies into shapes with cookie cutters; freeze overnight
Thurs- Bake cookies, and the store in airtight containers when completely cooled
Friday- Make royal icing, pipe, and then flood (Do I leave them on the counter overnight, or store in airtight container? Will they go stale if left out overnight?)
Saturday afternoon (party day)- Add Wilton candy eyeballs (using some buttercream), and decorate cookies
Re: Royal icing/Decorating cookies question- will this agenda work?
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For Friday night, do NOT put the decorated cookies in airtight containers! It will affect the drying process. They will not become stale overnight.
When I've done cookies for parties, we'll end up with some leftover and I find myself still eating them 2 weeks later. They are in bags and still taste fine - just a little harder. You could probably bake the cookies & freeze them, then pull them out the morning before you plan on frosting.
For the OP - I would probably just roll them & bake the same day. Then I'd put them in a ziplock or airtight container until Friday when you're ready to decorate. Only because I like one free night during the week! :-)
I think your schedule sounds perfect. If you make sure you decorate early in the day on Saturday, the details should dry in time for the party. I find it only takes an hour or so for the firmer piped royal icing to dry.
Yes, leave the cookies on the counter, uncovered, to dry. It always seems weird to me too, but you need to leave the exposed so the royal icing will dry.
Count on 2-3 hours for making the royal icing, piping, and flooding. I always underestimate this time.
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Thanks for your input!!! Once the royal icing has hardened, then it is ok to place on airtight containers and stack the cookies on top of each other?
I usually separate layers of cookies with wax paper. But if you're flooding them Friday, detailing them Saturday morning, and serving them Saturday afternoon, you won't need to worry much about storage anyway, just transportation.
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Perfect, works for me!