Description
Sugar Cookie Icing is smooth, glossy, and perfect for decorating cookies with detail and color. Made with just a few pantry staples, it sets beautifully and adds a delicious touch of sweetness to every cookie.
Ingredients
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- 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 2 tablespoons milk, plus more as needed
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (or clear vanilla for bright white)
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together powdered sugar, milk, corn syrup, and vanilla extract until smooth and glossy.
- Adjust consistency as needed: add more milk in small amounts to thin, or powdered sugar to thicken.
- Divide icing into separate bowls if using multiple colors, and tint with gel food coloring.
- Use thicker icing for outlining cookies and thinner icing for flooding the inside.
- Apply with piping bags, squeeze bottles, or spoons.
- Allow decorated cookies to dry at room temperature for 6–8 hours or overnight.
Notes
- Use clear vanilla for bright white icing.
- Cover bowls of icing with plastic wrap to prevent crusting while decorating.
- Sift powdered sugar to avoid lumps and clogging piping tips.
- Add decorations or sprinkles before the icing sets.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: for 1 medium cookie
- Calories: 45
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 1mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 11g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg