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If you're decorating cookies for children, pregnant women, or anyone with compromised immune systems, use meringue powder, found in the baking aisle of most markets, instead of raw egg whites.

Source: The Martha Stewart Show, Episode 1128
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  • quiksurf20
    28 SEP, 2017
    This recipe worked great with the meringue powder. I doubled it and was able to frost about 7 dozen small/medium sugar cookies with some left over. I just feel like the meringue powder gives the frosting a slightly funny taste. I also added a little vanilla.
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  • MS12153438
    5 APR, 2014
    Live in Canada and wanting to know what 1 pound is compared to grams, everything I but is in a bag with grams, not a box with pounds, can you be more specific to how many cups of icing sugar we should use. Would really like to try this recipe. Thanks
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    • sarahmiller113
      28 DEC, 2016
      I live in Canada as well, and I use packaging as a guide. Butter is sold in 450g packs or around that, and it's referred to as a pound of butter. Two cups, the cups guide is inside the wrapper on the brands I buy. Just got some meringue powder from my mom, excited to try it out with this recipe.
  • jeankkenny
    13 JUN, 2015
    This recipe has an error. It tells you to use meringue powder or egg whites but the recipe is worded for meringue powder. If you follow the recipe using meringue powder, I'm guessing it will come out fine. If you use the recommended amount of egg whites and the "scant" 1/2 cup of water, you will have added too much water. I've been beating my mixture for over half an hour and it is still not forming the ribbon-like trail. Disappointed to have wasted a lb of organic confectioners sugar.
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  • jenniyogi
    24 APR, 2014
    A google search will offer you plenty of conversion charts and calculators for ounces/pounds to grams. Since Martha is in the US it makes sense that she offers US measurements as does a lll the other US bloggers and recipe developers in her realm.
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  • Kim S
    20 APR, 2014
    Janet M... 1 pound equals 453.592 grams, or 1.9 cups (I would use two cups). You can find out other measurements by searching online for a metric conversion tool. I typed "Pound to gram conversion" and "Pound to cup conversion" into Google and came up with the results. I hope this helps! :)
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