Hi, I am making 100 cookies for a banquet for a college hockey team. They are suger cookies cut out into the school mascot and hockey pucks. My big question is on icing. I usually use bc icing for my cookies but i dont normally do this many, so I need to stack them to deliver. The bc will not hold up to stacking. I have done RI in the past but the person said she really liked my bc. What do I do?! Has anyone ever thinned bc down to a point that it could be used like RI? I was going to outline the cookies and details and then use the thinned bc to flood the inner portion. Does that make sense? Very tired. Does anyone have an icing recipe that tastes like bc but sets up like ri? any help would be sooo apreciated. Getting some sleep, these cookies are due Friday and I have to work too. Oh well always up for a challenge

I usually put marshmallow fondant on my cookies. You can flavor it in some pretty nice ways...butter rum, butter vanilla, maple, etc...and it's much faster than RI because you don't have to wait hours for it to dry. It hardens to where you can stack it in an hour or less.

I second Texas Rose. MMF is great on cookies and you can always add either RI or fondant details. Great for edible images also.

I use regular fondant on my cookies, not MMF, and people love it.

If you have access to a local cake supply, I highly recommend Satin Ice black fondant for the pucks. It tastes good and only discolors the tongue - not the whole mouth.

Thinned down bc will NEVER set up and you'll have a real mess on your hands.

try this recipe from Karens Cookies. On her website she has this as her favorite icing and she even has video tutorials that are very good!! The icing is the meringue powder buttercream, I think this is exactly what you might be looking for!!

http://www.karenscookies.net/Frosting-Prep-Types-of-Frosting_ep_47-1.html

here is a link to the tutorial of her using the icing

http://www.karenscookies.net/Cookie-Decorating-Video-1-Cookie-5-Ways-Pt-1_ep_76-1.html

and here is the link to all of the tutorials

http://www.karenscookies.net/Cookie-Decorating-Tutorials_ep_41-1.html

hth

I use fondant for the base coat on cookies too... it's softer than RI and holds up great to stacking... and it doesn't get any easier to apply. Just cut the shapes with the cutter you cut the cookies with and lay the fondant on as soon as the cookies get out of the oven. The heat will melt the fondant and adhere it to the cookies. The embellish with RI if needed.

You can use a modified b'cream - B'cream for air drying flowers. It's in the recipe section.
Basically you make royal icing, then after it is stiff, add 1/2 to 2/3 cup Crisco.
NO it will not turn to soup.
It will dry nicely to the touch and you can stack cookies.

you could always use rolled buttercream. I did some recently, goes on like fondant and stiffens up well, but better taste. It is also forgiving and easly spreads to the edge, if your cookie spreads a little past cookie cutter size.

I'm another fan of fondant. Satin Ice is my favorite.

I make a doctored RI. I use the regular recipe for RI and I add 1 TBL butter and butter and vanilla flavor then I beat the heck out of it. The RI will be firm enough to stack, but not rock hard like normal RI. The flavor will be close to BC in taste.
HTH!

This might work. I haven't tried it yet, but it looks very similar to the one we use at the bakery I work for.
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/simple-cookie-glaze-recipe
(Hope the link shows up)

cookie_fun, do you ever have a problem with the RI drying with a tacky consistency when you "beat the heck out of it"? That used to happen to me until i started just mixing till combine.

Luv2bake6

I have not had this problem, but maybe the butter affects it?
I should probably clarify. I usually beat it for 3 to 4 minutes.

I always add the butter last, and as soon as I add that butter, the consistency completely changes.

I've been using this recipe for over a year, so any cookies in my photos are made with this recipe.

I've never tried adding butter to the recipe. Thanks for the idea.

The wilton instructions actually say to beat it 5-7 minutes. The first time i made RI and beat it for that period of time, the consistency was that of beaten egg whites, and i could not thin it down enough. When it dried, it was very sticky and tacky. That was when i stopped beating it so long.

I really like this cookie icing recipe, but I found it too soft so I use half as much butter as she calls for.
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http://cakecentral.com/recipes/1961/alices-cookie-icing[/url]

Thanks RachieRach