Icing Recipe - Bring Icing on Wed. 12/23/15

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.

·         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

·          Candy canes- small and large

·          Coconut

·          Candy canes- large

·          Gummy bears

·          Ice cream cones

·          Licorice- nibs or pull & peel

·          Life Savers

·          M&Ms- regular and mini

·          Miniature marshmallows

·          Pretzel sticks- small and large

·          Pretzels- mini

·          Sprinkles

·          Tootsie Rolls

·          Teddy Grahams

·          Gummy Bears

·          Animal Crackers

·          gingerbread men cookies

·          candy buttons, raisins and dried fruits

·          Whoppers

·          nonpareils

·          peppermints

·          bubble gum tape,

·          candy corn

·          Good and Plenty

·          Hershey’s Kisses

·          sour balls

·          Twizzlers

·          icing writers

Ideas on how to use the candy:

·          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 

·          Tree: ice cream cones decorated with silver balls, and red hots,  mini candy canes + jelly fruit slices

·          Doors: Nestle Crunch, Hershey’s Bars,  graham crackers, stick gum

·          Doormat:Pez, Chicklets

·          Walls: stick gum, caramels sliced, Skittles cut in half, jelly beans cut in half 

·          Windows: lined in royal icing, melt candy for glass windows

·          Windowpanes: crushed clear red candies

·          Shutters: Hershey’s chocolate bars, crackers, Nestle’s Crunch, stick gum, Andes Mints 

·          Fences: pretzel sticks, shaped pretzels

·          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 

·          Bushes: jelly fruit slices, large marshmallows 

·          Christmas lights: thin licorice ropes, jelly beans, colorful candy-coated chocolate pieces, mini dot candy

·          Cart: pretzel squares, graham crackers, frosted wheat cereal

·          Snow: shredded coconut, white cotton candy, powdered sugar

·          Wreath:  Lifesavers, Cherrios, Fruit Loops

·          Presents: sugar cubes, caramels

·          Lamppost: candy cane + gumdrop, lollipops, peppermint sticks

·          Snowmen: large marshmallows

·          Slides & Seesaws: mini candy bars, Laffy Taffy

·          Swing Set: mini candy canes + rope licorice + mini candy bars

·          Benches & Wagons – mini candy bars, graham crackers

·          Log Pile:toostie rolls, cinnamon sticks cut in thirds, mini pretzels, mini candy bars sliced