RECIPE FOR ROYAL ICING
Makes about 3
cups
3
egg whites, at room temperature
1/2
teaspoon cream of tartar
4
cups powdered sugar (confectioner's sugar, 10x sugar)
1. In a large mixer bowl, at low speed,
beat egg whites until foamy.
2. Add the cream of tartar, and then slowly
add the powdered sugar. Continue beating at high speed for an additional 7 to 9
minutes or until a knife drawn through the mixture leaves a path.
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Your student will see this during the
demonstration on Monday, 12/21/15. He/she will know what the icing is supposed
to look like.
3. Place the icing in a container. Put a
damp paper towel on top of the icing before putting on the lid. Seal the
container and refrigerate.
Bring the icing, candy to share, a Ziploc
bag, 8x10” piece of sturdy cardboard covered with tin foil,
and a plastic grocery bag to school on
Wednesday, 12/23/15.
Gingerbread
House Candy Ideas
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Candy canes- small and large
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Coconut
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Candy canes- large
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Gummy bears
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Ice cream cones
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Licorice- nibs or pull &
peel
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Life Savers
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M&Ms- regular and mini
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Miniature marshmallows
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Pretzel sticks- small and
large
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Pretzels- mini
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Sprinkles
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Tootsie Rolls
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Teddy Grahams
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Gummy Bears
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Animal Crackers
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gingerbread men cookies
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candy buttons, raisins and
dried fruits
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Whoppers
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nonpareils
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peppermints
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bubble gum tape,
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candy corn
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Good and Plenty
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Hershey’s Kisses
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sour balls
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Twizzlers
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icing writers
Ideas
on how to use the candy:
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Roof: Necco
Wafers, mini marshmallows, shredded wheat cereal, oats, Rice Krispies,
gumdrops, Andes Mints, crushed Butterfingers, corn flakes, peppermints,
M&M’s, Skittles, Starbursts, sliced Snickers, nuts, Spree
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Tree: ice
cream cones decorated with silver balls, and red hots, mini
candy canes + jelly fruit slices
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Doors: Nestle Crunch,
Hershey’s Bars, graham crackers, stick gum
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Doormat:Pez,
Chicklets
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Walls:
stick gum, caramels sliced, Skittles cut in half, jelly beans cut in half
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Windows: lined
in royal icing, melt candy for glass windows
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Windowpanes: crushed
clear red candies
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Shutters:
Hershey’s chocolate bars, crackers, Nestle’s Crunch, stick gum, Andes
Mints
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Fences: pretzel
sticks, shaped pretzels
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Mosaic path: licorice
pieces, colorful candy-coated chocolate pieces, Spree, Snickers, nuts, Rice
Krispies, Skittles, M&Ms , Starbursts, candy wafers, red hots, chocolate
bar slices, gumdrops, Nerds, rock candy
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Bushes:
jelly fruit slices, large marshmallows
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Christmas lights: thin
licorice ropes, jelly beans, colorful candy-coated chocolate pieces, mini dot
candy
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Cart: pretzel
squares, graham crackers, frosted wheat cereal
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Snow: shredded
coconut, white cotton candy, powdered sugar
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Wreath:
Lifesavers, Cherrios, Fruit Loops
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Presents: sugar
cubes, caramels
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Lamppost: candy
cane + gumdrop, lollipops, peppermint sticks
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Snowmen:
large marshmallows
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Slides & Seesaws: mini
candy bars, Laffy Taffy
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Swing Set:
mini candy canes + rope licorice + mini candy bars
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Benches & Wagons
– mini candy bars, graham crackers
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Log Pile:toostie
rolls, cinnamon sticks cut in thirds, mini pretzels, mini candy bars sliced
