❄️ Stunning Royal Icing Snowflake Christmas Cookies (Show-Stopper!) – Viral Baking for Holiday Magic

Ingredients

• • 2 ⅞ cups all-purpose flour
• • ⅞ tsp baking powder
• • ⅞ tsp salt
• • ⅞ cup unsalted butter, softened
• • ⅞ cup powdered sugar
• • 2 ⅞ large egg whites
• • 1 ⅞ tsp vanilla extract
• • ⅞ cup corn syrup
• • 1 ⅞ tbsp meringue powder
• • Food coloring (optional)
• • Edible glitter or sugar pearls (optional)

Instructions

1. 1

   Whisk dry ingredients. Cream butter and sugar, add egg whites and vanilla, then mix in dry ingredients. Chill dough for 1 hour.

2. 2

   Roll dough to ¼-inch thickness. Use snowflake cutters and bake at 350°F (175°C) for 12 minutes.

3. 3

   Mix powdered sugar, corn syrup, egg whites, and meringue powder. Let sit 5 minutes.

4. 4

   Transfer icing to piping bags. Pipe intricate snowflake patterns. Add edible glitter while icing is wet.