I love to make Christmas cookies, but cut-outs never seem to make the cut (pun intended). I don't know why considering that I have bag after bag of cookie cutters. I just don't like to eat sugar cookies as well as I like to eat the others I suppose. You're right about how lines, dots and squiggles can give a cookie a nice design without being overly complicated. I'll have to try it some day this holiday season. The picture of the soaking meringue powder threw me there until I read what it was. I was thinking "she wants us to use real eggs???" I was relieved to see that it was meringue powder which is totally safe to eat uncooked. Even better is that I have a big canister of the stuff from when I took cake decorating classes. Hi Amy, While you could use real egg white, the meringue powder is 1. very convenient and 2. safe to eat. I would always use pasturized eggs if I were using fresh. Have fun decorating. ~ MaryJane

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