How Long Does Toba's Glaze Take To Dry?
Baking By BakingGirl Updated 17 May 2007 , 10:22pm by Tscookies
I just bought Toba Garett's Cookie book. In her recipes she mentions that her glace takes longer to dry than the royal icing, but she does not say how long it will take to dry. I am planning on making cookies to be bagged, how long should I plan for these cookies to dry before bagging them? My house is air conditioned so the indoor climate is fairly dry.
I am also wondering how this glaze holds up compared to a cookie decorated in RI?
Hope someone knows and wants to share. 
I use this icing almost exclusively on my cookies. I decorated 72 on a Monday, and bagged them Tuesday evening. The icing holds up pretty well. I used to have problems with it getting cloudy and spotty if the cookies got cold, but another decorator said to add brite white food coloring to the icing...and it works!
GeminiRJ, thank you for your reply. So 24(ish) hours to dry, that is good to know. I just wanted to make sure I am giving myself enough time for these cookies, particularly since it will be the first time for the glaze.
When you say you have had problems with cloudy icing on cold cookies, is that white icing you can add white food colouring too, or other colours too?
Add the brite white when you mix up the icing (I add about 5 drops for every cup of powdered sugar I use, adding after the icing is mixed), then add any color you want. It helps with making the icing "whiter" and it helps keep the colored icing from splotching. I use Americolor's brite white. I like this icing because it doesn't turn rock hard. It is firm to the touch, but is soft when bitten into.
Thank you for clearing that up. Looking forward to trying the glaze instead of the royal icing. Many thanks for your help!
when i took a cookie class with toba garrett, she said she had heard about the clouding, and the bright white was one tip she had. she also said the cookies should not be refrigerated, and make sure the corn syrup is mixed in very well. i have found that i can usually package the cookies 12 hours after decorating, but 15 to 18 hours works out much better.
Small-medium sized cookies - I give them 24 hours. Larger sizes - about 36-48. Recently I packaged some larger ones too soon, and when I opened them up a few days later, they were definitely holding in too much moisture. So, the longer the better imo.
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