How to Use royal icing in a Sentence
royal icing
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Add some extra love to your cookies by topping them with homemade royal icing.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
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Once all pieces have dried, spread a thin layer of royal icing on the backs of the skulls, and attach the second pieces to create the full shapes.
—Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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Her kids like to draw on them with royal icing, adding their late family members’ names or special lyrics that create connection between the living and dead.
—Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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Decorate with royal icing, writing gel, little candies or sprinkles.
—Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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From crisp cutouts decorated in royal icing, to soft and cakey sugar cookies, or even sugar cookies bars, the simple vanilla dough is a blank canvas for all sorts of designs and flavors.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026
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Similar to the Mexican tradition, Brits may enjoy a Twelfth Night Cake, a fruit cake infused with brandy and covered with royal icing.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
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