These are very fragile, but enough stayed intact
to give the desired effect...use a decorating tube to pipe the icing
into spider shapes on waxed paper. They are made from Royal Icing,
which needs to be used right away since it hardens to a rocklike
texture very quickly!
Royal Icing
16 oz powdered sugar (icing sugar)
3 egg whites
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
Beat until peaks firmly hold their shape, and the more you beat it,
the firmer it gets.
I only made a third of this recipe and I still had tons of icing left
over after making two dozen Tip: Use black paste food coloring to get
it as dark you can.
This recipe is from our Halloween recipes collection