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Ingredients

• CAUTION: Do not make sugar skulls on a rainy or high humidity day. They will not turn out.
• Mix together well in large bowl: 1 teaspoon Meringue Powder for every cup of granulated sugar used.
• Variation: Colored Skulls Most people prefer white skulls the first time they make them, but if you'd like colored sugar skulls, add paste food coloring TO THE water.
• For a 5 pound bag of sugar, use 1/4 cup meringue powder and 10 teaspoons of water. [Yield 5 large skulls or 20 medium skulls or 100 mini skulls or any combination.]
• For a 10 pound bag of sugar, use 1/2 cup meringue powder and 7 Tablespoons water. [Yield 10 large skulls or 40 medium skulls or 200 mini skulls or any combination.]
• Yield Table
• Mold Size # of Skulls sugar (lbs) Meringue Pdr water (Tbsps)
• Large 10* 10 # 1/2 cup 7 T
• Medium 40 10 # 1/2 cup 7 T
• Mini 200 10 # 1/2 cup 7 T
• .....
• Large 5* 5 # 1/4 cup 3 T
• Medium 20 5 # 1/4 cup 3 T
• Mini 100 5 # 1/4 cup 3 T
• * 5 pounds of sugar = approx.10 cups
• * 10 pounds of sugar = 21 cups
• Meringue Powder Conversion Table
• Weight Cups (approx.) Tbsps Tsps
• 4 oz. Jar 1 cup 16 T 48 t.
• 8 oz. Jar 2 cups 32 T 96 t.
• 1 lb. Bag 4 cup 64 T 192 t.
• Meringue Powder is a "Must" and cannot be omitted. Meringue powder is what makes the sugar and the icing hard. Its main ingredient is powdered dry egg whites & starch, but it also includes
• vegetable gum, cream of tarter, calcium lactate, malic acid & sodium aluminum sulfate. It's totally edible.
• powdered sugar FOR ROYAL icing
• 1 Pound Box - 3 1/2 cups
• 2 Pound Bag - 7 cups (do not sift powdered sugar)
• Measurement: 3 teaspoons make a Tablespoon: 4 Tablespoons make 1/4 cup. But for this recipe, 7 Tablespoons (21 teaspoons) of Meringue Powder = 1/2 cup! sugar Skull making is not an exact science...
• MATERIALS NEEDED:
• sugar Skull Molds
• Granulated sugar
• powdered sugar
• Meringue Powder
• Decorations, Colored Tin Foils, paper Flowers, Sequins, etc.
• Corrugated Cardboard squares, (one for each piece made) Some 6"x6" for large skulls, Some 3"x4" for medium / mini skulls
• Large Metal bowl
• Measuring Spoons
• 1 cup liquid measuring cup
• 1/4 c. dry measuring cup
• Plastic spray bottle for water
• electric / stand mixer
• 16 oz. Solo plastic cups
• butter knives or tongue depressors for mixing color into icing
• Pastry Bags
• paper Towels

Description

Sugar Skulls Are A Traditional Folk Art From Southern Mexico Used To Celebrate Day Of The Dead. Mounds Of Colorful Sugar Skulls Are Sold By Indian Vendors In Open Air Village Markets During The Week Preceding The Holiday. Spirits Of The Dead Are Welcomed

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