How Do You Mix Dry Ingredients For Sugar Skulls?
Mexican sugar skulls are a traditional folk art. Each year, people make the skulls to celebrate Day of the Dead and to remember loved ones that passed away. The skulls, formed from a sugar mixture and decorated with bright icing, can be molded in different sizes. If kept dry, and made correctly, the sugar skulls can last a year. In order to make your own sugar skulls, follow specific instructions to mix the dry ingredients. Measure 1/4 cup meringue powder and 5 lb. granulated sugar. The exact amounts of meringue powder and sugar used are formula-based and depend on the number and size of sugar skulls to make. The meringue powder, made of powdered egg whites, hardens the sugar and holds the sugar skulls together. Use about 1 tsp. of meringue powder per cup of granulated sugar. Mix the meringue powder and granulated sugar, by hand, in a large bowl. Continue to mix the dry ingredients until well combined and no lumps exist in the mixture. Add about 10 tsp. of water to the mixture. The rat
