Egg Yolk Tempera

Frosting and Icing - Dessert

This makes a shiny gloss finish on most any cookie. It works best on light-colored cookies, like sugar cookie cutouts. Depending on the color you are going for, you will probably need between 2 and 8 drops of food coloring.

Brief

Prep 5 mins

Total: 5 mins

Servings: 1

Yield: 1 quarter cup

Egg Yolk Tempera

Ingredients

1 egg yolk

1 teaspoon water

5 drops food coloring

Dessert

Directions

Step 1

Mix egg yolk and water. Divide into dishes for as many colors as you want to make. Add food coloring to get shade desired (e.g. 2 Red plus 2 Yellow for Orange; 3 Blue for Blue).

Step 2

Paint on unbaked cookies and bake as you normally would. Cookies will come out with a shiny color finish.

Nutritional Information

Egg Yolk Tempera

Servings Per Recipe:1

Calories: 0

% Daily Value *

Protein: 0g

Carbohydrates: 0g

Dietary Fiber: 0g

solublefiber: 0g

insolublefiber: 0g

Sugars: 0g

monosaccharides: 0g

disaccharides: 0g

othercarbs: 0g

Fat: 0g

Saturated Fat: 0g

monoFat: 0g

polyFat: 0g

transfattyacid: 0g

Cholesterol: 0mg

water: 9.9g

ash: 0g

Vitamin A Iu: 0IU

Vitamin are: 0RE

Vitamin acarotenoid: 0RE

Vitamin aretinol: 0RE

Vitamin acarotene: 0mcg

Vitamin B1Thiamin: 0mg

Vitamin B2riboflavin: 0mg

Vitamin B3niacin: 0mg

Niacin Equivalents: 0mg

Vitamin B6: 0mg

Vitamin B12: 0mcg

Vitamin C: 0mg

Vitamin diu: 0IU

Vitamin dmcg: 0mcg

Vitamin ealphaequivalents: 0mg

Vitamin eiu: 0IU

Vitamin emg: 0mg

Folate: 0mcg

Vitamin k: 0mcg

pantothenicacid: 0mg

boron: 0.4mg

Calcium: 0.3mg

copper: 0mg

fluoride: 8.1mg

Iron: 0mg

Magnesium: 0.1mg

manganese: 0mg

phosphorus: 0mg

Potassium: 0.1mg

selenium: 0mcg

Sodium: 0.3mg

zinc: 0mg

40butyric: 0g

60caprioc: 0g

80caprylic: 0g

100capric: 0g

120lauric: 0g

140myristic: 0g

160palmitic: 0g

180stearic: 0g

161palmitol: 0g

181oleic: 0g

201eicosen: 0g

221erucic: 0g

182linoleic: 0g

183linolenic: 0g

184stearidon: 0g

204arachidon: 0g

205epa: 0g

225dpa: 0g

226dha: 0g

omega3fattyacid: 0g

omega6fattyacid: 0g

alanine: 0g

arginine: 0g

cystine: 0g

glycine: 0g

histidine: 0g

isoleucine: 0g

leucine: 0g

lysine: 0g

methionine: 0g

phenylalanine: 0g

proline: 0g

serine: 0g

threonine: 0g

tryptophan: 0g

tyrosine: 0g

valine: 0g

alcohol: 0g

caffeine: 0mg

energy: 0

asparticacid: 0g

glutamicacid: 0g

Thiamin: 0mg

riboflavin: 0mg

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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