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| Frog cookie, Daisy cookie, Mushroom/Toadstool cookie |
Let me back up a bit and explain that I've never - as in never - been a fan of royal icing. It's far too sweet for moi, and that rock hard finish and crunch in the mouth that over powers the flavour of the cookie just doesn't appeal to me. So, after doing much decorating of my butter cookies with my buttercream, I was wanting a frosting that would allow a similar style of decorating that's possible with royal icing but, well, wasn't.
Yeah, yeah and yeah again, I found Pam's recipe (from CookieCrazie.com) that uses clear corn syrup, and Pam's decorating is incredible. Here was a glaze that wasn't a royal icing but allowed her to do virtually anything a royal icing could. A quick review of the recipe and knowing the modifications I'd make so it was less sweet and more to my liking (+ salt, + flavouring, - some icing sugar), it was time to experiment.