Vegan Royal Icing

Here's my first attempt at a Royal Icing without the egg whites or meringue powder.  It works great and tastes just like it ought to.  Simple to make and easy to work with, so I'm pretty happy.  I did read some vegan recipes online that call for corn syrup, but I decided to try using Ener-G Egg Replacer instead.  A box of this stuff is about $6 but it lasts for a couple of years, even if you bake a lot.  I would say it's one of those basic pantry necessities.  The classic Christmas Cookie is one of my favorite holiday traditions, and Royal Icing is an integral part of it.  I always leave the iced cookies out overnight so the icing fully cures and hardens some.  Also, i always put a bit of colored sugar or sprinkles or something on the wet icing, because this helps keep the cookies from sticking to each other when they're stacked in tins.
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Vegan Royal Icing

Makes 2 Cups or so

INGREDIENTS
1 Lb. confectioners (powdered) sugar
5 Tablespoons Ener-G Egg Replacer powder
scant 1/2 Cup water (you probably won't need all this water)
1/4 teaspoon almond extract

DIRECTIONS
Put powdered sugar into a mixing bowl.
Add Ener-G Egg Replacer powder, and dry whisk to combine.
Add water, a little at a time, and stop when it is the right consistency.  I usually do not add all the water, and you don't want it watery.
Add the almond extract.
Mix well with an electric hand-held mixer.
Divide icing and tint each portion your desired colors.
Chill icing for at least an hour or overnight.

Notes:  For Christmas cookies, make sure cookies are fully cooled on racks before you ice them.  I like to immediately sprinkle the iced cookies with edible glitter, colored sugar, sprinkles, etc., while the icing is still wet enough so that the decorations will stick.  Once cookies are decorated, leave them out, uncovered overnight in a dry location, so the icing can cure and dry more.  Another classic thing to do is to flavor Royal Icing with lemon or lime juice and the zest of same.  I'm not crazy about the lemon, and I'm a lemon freak.  If you decide to flavor your icing with fruit juice, make sure to reduce the water added by the same amount.  I use a plain old table knife to apply the icing.