How To Use a Stencil on Royal Icing
How do you get a striking pattern onto icing? Do you need a thin paintbrush and a steady hand?
That can help, but there is a simpler way! All you need is some icing, a stencil, and a scraper, and you will have a design on your royal icing that looks professional without the price tag!
To Stencil Your Cookies You Will Need:
- If you are a newbie, we suggest practicing on a Notta Cookie Reusable Practice Cookie before stenciling the real cookie!
- Flood Consistency Royal icing- use our Guide to the perfect Royal Icing.
- Stencil Consistency Royal Icing - use the Premium Gel Colorants for tinting your stencil icing.
- Stencils - I mean, come on, we have a HUGE inventory, so grab a bunch :)
- Silicon spatula to apply the icing to the stencil, then our Stencil scrapers to scrape off the stencil icing!
- Stencil Magnets and a Stencil holder such as the Stencil Genie as well as Mini silicon circle mats to keep the cookie from moving around while stenciling.
How to Become a Stencilling Pro
Creating professional-looking stenciling effects requires practice. Follow these instructions each time you practice for the best results!
- Start with your chosen stencil. Make sure it fits inside the cookie shape. You want it to be smaller than the edge of the flooded icing.
- Flood your cookie with royal icing that is flooding consistency, and let dry COMPLETELY! Stenciling on cookies that aren't cooled and dry will not turn out correctly!
- Make your stencil icing. You will need a medium to firm consistency. Tint with the Gel Colorant or leave white if desired.
- Place your flooded and dry cookies on the silicon mat to prevent cookies from slipping during stencil application.
- You will want to hold the stencil in place with magnets and/or a Stencil holder such as the Stencil Genie.
- Adjust the stencil to where you want he design to be on the cookie.
- Apply the icing to the stencil with the spatula and smooth it gently. Don’t be reserved with the icing, as more is definitely better!
- Once you have applied the icing, scrape off the excess off with the stencil scraper. Try to go in one direction with this! You want a THIN layer! The design should be almost level with the flooded icing.
- Pull the stencil off. Try not to smudge it if you can!
- Leave to dry before adding more detail to the cookie, particularly if placing another stencil on top.