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What is nappage used for on cookies?

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What is nappage, and why is it brushed onto cookies before adding chopped nuts or other garnishes? Is its purpose to add shine, help the decoration stick, or both, and can piping gel or edible glue be assumed to be the same product?

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Truffle Nation Team Truffle Nation 23 Days Ago

The course calls nappage a cold glaze or neutral gel. It gives shine and helps garnishes stick; in the pistachio-almond cookie, it is brushed on the sides before rolling them in chopped pistachios.

That does not make every piping gel or edible glue the same product. Check the product specification before substituting.

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