Royal icing piping

This piping practice sheet is a super great way to get some practice in with your royal icing before you start decorating your cookies. This is the exact piping sheet I use for my cookie decorating classes in Orange County, California! You can print this piping practice sheet or even laminate it for multiple uses.

Royal icing for cookie decorating is the secret weapon of cake decorators and cookie artists everywhere. This simple yet versatile icing creates a smooth, hard finish that's perfect for piping intricate details, lettering, and floodwork designs on cookies and cakes.

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The best royal icing recipe! Perfect for decorating cookies, cakes, cupcakes, & gingerbread houses. Easy to make, pipes smooth, & dries hard.

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Is there some cheaper alternative to real icing so I can avoid wasting good icing and money while practicing? Or can I avoid having to throw the practice icing away? I do not want to waste good but...

Over the past two years, I've experimented with other royal icing recipe variations and made a few tweaks until I reached the formula I now use consistently each time I make cookies.