Sugar Cookie Icing

Steps Cook Recipes Sugar Cookie Icing using 5 ingredients and 1 steps

Sugar Cookie Icing - This icing recipe is the "Holy Grail" of icing. Colorful, glossy icing transforms plain sugar cookies into edible works of art. Ours is flavored with almond extract, but feel free to use vanilla or peppermint, or whatever flavor your heart desires. Stir the powdered sugar and the milk until smooth. Beat in corn syrup and vanilla until icing is smooth and glossy.

Divide icing into separate bowls and stir in food coloring as desired.

You can dip the cookies, paint them with a paint brush or spread them using a knife or the back of a spoon.

You can cook Sugar Cookie Icing using 5 ingredients and 1 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients cook Sugar Cookie Icing

1. Prepare 1 1/2 cup Powdered sugar.
2. Prepare 4 tbsp Crisco (baking sticks).
3. Prepare 1 tbsp Vanilla, (clear vanilla works better with colors).
4. Prepare 1 tbsp Milk.
5. Prepare 1 Food coloring.

Sugar Cookie Icing step by step

1. Combine confectioners' sugar, Crisco, vanilla and milk, beating until creamy. Thin with a few more drops of milk (if necessary) to reach desired spreading consistency. Stir in optional food coloring. Spread frosting over cooled cookies and decorate with colored sugar, sprinkles, etc., if desired..

Sugar Cookie Icing - If desired, tint cookie icing with food coloring of choice. Spread icing on cookies using a knife, spoon or frosting bag or bottle. TIP: If you are piping around the edges of your cookies, the icing should be thick. With a melted butter base, this sugar cookie icing is made without light corn syrup (a riff on this recipe from Tieghan of Half Baked Harvest) and has a decadently rich flavor that you can't achieve with the sugar and water glazes that often adorn sugar cookies. You start with the simple ingredients of powdered sugar and milk. Mix the powdered sugar and milk with a fork until smooth. Stir in the vanilla and one tablespoon of milk. Thank you and good luck