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Powdered sugar, or confectioners' sugar, is among the most common baking ingredients out there, but it's especially popular in America. Made of pulverized granulated sugar and a starch to prevent ...

Royal icing is the go-to stuff for picture-perfect sugar cookies, because it makes a neat, hard and glossy finish that professional bakers and home chefs love. This icing is rich and thick and may ...

Before beginning to decorate your sugar cookies this Christmas season, you'll want to learn how to properly ice them. Christmas Cookie Swap! has a reliable recipe for royal icing and a step-by-step ...

I have a delicious collection of memories involving family picnics through the years, going all the way back to childhood recollections of making peach ice cream with a hand-cranked machine. Later ...