Fine-tuning Icing For Gourmet Almond Cookies

Video Transcript

"Okay so you know when this is done when you can see any more of the dry powder sugar. You might need to use your little spatula and scrap down the bowl a couple of times but that is consistency is looking pretty good. So let's stop the mixture and you want it basically drizzle off the spatula just like that cause then it is going to stay on the cookie but it is not to thick either. You also might want to taste it some people like a little stronger almond flavor. You can just add a little more extract and then if this was to thick we would just add a little bit more water. If it was to thin we would just add a little bit more powder sugar. This icing is a lot of times called a royal icing and it's really again really simple sugar water and you just add either one to get the consistency that you are looking for. "