Hi all!! I live in South Florida and started royal icing decorating last Christmas and fell in love. I kept going with Valentine’s Day, Easter and Mother’s Day, however when I did Mother’s Day I had such a hard time getting the icing to dry because of the high humidity in FL. Not only was the icing not drying, but the cookies seemed to get stale while they sat on the counter waiting for the icing to dry. I have a dehumidifier that I put right next to the counter but TBH it didn’t even put a dent in the summer humidity in FL. Defeated and soggy, I put away all my cookie stuff till this Christmas. When I picked it back up a couple weeks ago I fell in love again and want to keep going all year round.
My question is: what are all your tips and tricks for working in high humidity? I’m thinking about getting a dehydrator, but will that be enough?
Pics are from this Christmas!
Thanks!
by WearNo2810
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I don’t have any tips, but I wanted to say your cookies are beautiful!
I live in North Florida, so definitely no stranger to humidity. Basically all I do during hot months is make sure my ac is running, keep the ceiling fan on in my decorating room with the door closed at all times (and put the fan at its highest speed while the cookies are drying), and no windows can be open anywhere in the house when I’m working on an order. I don’t use a dehumidifier, as the room I work in stays pretty cool with the fan/ac combo.
Do you use meringue powder in your royal icing?
Have you considered a dehydrator? I use mine far longer than most and my cookies always turn out great.
I also live in Florida. I have not had a problem with icing not drying. We do have a variable speed a/c system which is suppose to control humidity better. I second decreasing the a/c temperature while decorating.
Maybe playing around with the amount of meringue powder in your royal icing? I also add corn syrup to my royal icing.