Cover of Edible Glitter on a Gingerbread House: Icing, Not Cookie, and When

Edible Glitter on a Gingerbread House: Icing, Not Cookie, and When

Edible Glitter on a Gingerbread House: Icing, Not Cookie, and When

Listen for free

View show details

Season's Savings | 0.99 €/month for 3 months

5.99 €/month thereafter - terms apply. Cancel monthly.
Edible glitter on a gingerbread house — does it go on the icing or on the cookie? On the icing, and only while it is wet. A gingerbread house has two icings doing two different jobs at two different times. The structural royal icing that holds the walls up grabs in minutes and dries hard over hours, so by the time anyone is decorating, it is a rock. The decorating icing — the snow on the roof, the piped windows, the icicles — is wet while you are looking at it, and wet, glossy icing is the only surface that holds shimmer. A baked cookie is dry and holds nothing; one decorating guide says glitter sprayed onto a fully dried cookie is very likely to wipe away. A baking guide's tip is to decorate the panels flat before assembly, let them dry flat, then build and finish the joints. Dana points out that her children decorate the standing house, so the show flips the plan: build the night before, then glitter the fresh snow as it is piped. In this episode: - Sparkle Lab: why a tacky-feeling cookie holds no glitter and why the glue icing is a rock by decorating time - Dana's winning round: the kids decorate the finished house, so the rule is "wet," not "flat" - Fresh beads along the joints, and why you never wet dried royal icing to fix it - Flake on the roof, dust on the windows, and never out of the jar - Which jar: 7 gram for one house, 15 gram for a family tradition Who should skip it: display houses nobody eats, very small decorators, and anyone standing over a bare cookie with a jar and no icing. MONÉGASQUE Snow White 10 gram drink glitter is on Amazon at $14.99 standard and the 7 gram luster dusts at $9.99; check the listing for current pricing. Full transcript on the episode page. New questions answered every week at The Monégasque Table. **Direct answer (top):** Glitter goes on the icing, never the bare cookie, and only while the icing is wet. The stiff royal icing that holds a gingerbread house together sets in minutes and dries hard over hours, so the shimmer belongs on the decorating icing — the snow, windows and icicles — right behind the piping bag. Decorate panels flat before assembly where the design allows; if children decorate the standing house, build it the night before and glitter the fresh icing on decorating day. - 00:00 Cold open — glitter in the couch - 00:30 The verdict: two icings, one of them wet - 01:30 Decorate the panels flat, and why - 02:20 Sparkle Lab: why the cookie holds nothing - 03:20 The glue icing: minutes to grab, hours to dry - 04:20 Dana's round: the kids decorate the finished house - 05:30 Fresh beads on the joints; never water on dried royal icing - 06:20 Tools: dish, sieve, dust pump; flake versus dust - 07:10 Which jar, and who should skip it - 08:20 Dana's Scorecard · footnote · next time Produced with AI-crafted hosts. Full transcript on the episode page.
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1
No reviews yet