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sugar cookie icing

Sugar Cookie Icing

This Sugar Cookie Icing is easy to make and hardens perfectly, making it the ideal decoration for your sugar cookies. With its delicious vanilla flavor, it's adaptable for any occasion, ensuring your creations look as good as they taste!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 24
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 74
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 5 tablespoons milk
  • 4 teaspoons light corn syrup
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • optional: gel or liquid food coloring

Method
 

  1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, 5 tablespoons of milk, light corn syrup, and vanilla extract until smooth. The mixture should be thick.
  2. To adjust the consistency, add an additional teaspoon of milk at a time until you achieve an outline consistency; it should ribbon off a whisk or spoon in about 3-4 seconds.
  3. If needed, mix in food coloring until desired hue is reached and save 1/3 of the mixture for outline icing.
  4. To make the flood icing, add more milk (1/2 to 1 teaspoon at a time) to the remaining icing until it flows easily off the whisk.
  5. Use piping bags to pipe outline and flood icing on cookies. Fill in gaps with a toothpick if necessary.
  6. Let the decorated cookies harden fully in a single layer for 20-24 hours before stacking them.

Notes

Nutrition Information Source: Data from USDA FoodData Central, estimated where needed Values are approximate and may vary based on specific brands and preparation methods.