Can anybody tell me how to get the royal icing to be smooth on the cookie? I made some cookies last night but the icing is not smooth. I had a problem getting the consistency right...please help. TIA Chacha
Thank you for the help. I thinned it and I used a number 4 tip but it doesn't look really smooth as the ones I have seen. I'll keep trying though. thanks again. Chacha
It really doesn't matter how you apply the royal icing. If the icing still isn't smooth it's the consistency that's messing things up, not the application. Just keep thinning it even more to get it to look smooth. It should be thick Elmer's glue consistency!! You might also need to outline to create a "dam" so your fill will be thick enough to settle smooth. Good luck to you. 
Ok. Sounds like I'm having trouble with the consistency because when I thin it down it leaks out of the tip and it's a mess. 
Thanks for the help. Chacha
It really doesn't matter how you apply the royal icing. If the icing still isn't smooth it's the consistency that's messing things up, not the application. Just keep thinning it even more to get it to look smooth. It should be thick Elmer's glue consistency!! You might also need to outline to create a "dam" so your fill will be thick enough to settle smooth. Good luck to you.
Are your outline and fill the same consistency? I can get the flood smooth, but my outline always looks, I don't know pick a word: tacky, choppy, craggy, lumpy, jerky, knobby, or even angry. (These sound like the Seven Dwarfs from Bizarro World, don't they?) 
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