I don't undertsand the implications of "Royal icing". I have a great recipe for a whipped white icing using regular sugar but it uses egg whites which is a non-starter for you. I doubt egg-replacers can be whipped, at least based on the one I've used in the past. You could use a non-diary whip but I don't know if cornstarch is an issue there. I don't have any Rich product in the house to check. I must be missing something. Icing for gingerbread houses I've seen isn't like a whipped icing. Don M At 09:13 AM 99/11/30 -0800, you wrote: >It's gingerbread house making time. I'd like to make some cookie houses >with my allergic daughter, but I'm having trouble finding all the >substitutions that I need. I found a cookie recipe with no eggs and I >can use shortening for the butter. The problem is the icing.