Royal Icing (aka Cement for food)

This is a classic Wilton recipe. Mom used this recipe for gingerbread house making because as the icing sits, it hardens. It's a great adhesive. :)

• 3 Tablespoons Meringue Powder
• 4 cups confectioner's sugar
• 5 Tablespoons warm water

(Makes roughly 3 cups of icing or enough for one assembled and decorated gingerbread house.)

Use an electric mixer until it's the consistency you want.
For stiffer icing, use 1 Tablespoon less water or as a little more confectioner's sugar.