So, you know how sometimes you just don't have anything new to share on your blog about baking because pretty much everything you've tried lately as ended up like this:

Or this...

Or this???

Yeah, so, I call that demons in the kitchen. And that's what's going on lately around here.

Even though I did succeed with this:

The icing still isn't right enough for me to share it with you.
But I'm still working. I have a few more ideas coming soon... hopefully.

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Royal Icing is the icing that dries hard for cookie decorating. I usually make my Royal Icing with Meringue Powder. But sometimes I'll get questions about making royal icing with egg whites instead of the powdered version.

So, I made some with egg whites for these gingerbread houses. It's really quite easy, you just want to be sure you don't use the egg whites raw, to avoid any potential for food poisoning.

What You Need
3-4 egg whites (about 1/2 cup)
2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
4-5 cups powdered sugar

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You know, sometimes, things turn out great. Just like you plan. Perfect...

And sometimes they don't.

I don't hate the cookies, they just didn't turn out quite as well as the last time I made firework cookies:

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