Easiest Way to Cook Perfect Sugar Cookie Icing

Sugar Cookie Icing. This icing recipe is the "Holy Grail" of icing. Try this easy and beautiful Sugar Cookie Icing from Delish.com. I used unsalted butter instead of shortening though, it gives a much better flavor to the icing. This recipe is quick, easy, dries hard and shiny and tastes good too. I originally got if from Allrecipes.

Five ingredients and five minutes is all it takes to make a flawlessly easy Sugar Cookie Icing that dries hard, sets up beautifully, and tastes amazing! Surprisingly painless to make and apply, this is a foolproof recipe that produces a sweet, shiny icing every single time. FAQ's How do I make several different colors of icing? You can cook Sugar Cookie Icing using 5 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Sugar Cookie Icing

1. Prepare 4 cups of powdered sugar.
2. You need 9 tsp of milk.
3. It's 4 tsp of corn syrup.
4. Prepare 2 tsp of Almond emulsion.
5. You need 2 tsp of lemon oil or extract.

To make several different colors, I recommend doubling or tripling this recipe. Once it's the correct consistency to outline cookies, simply divide the icing between a few different bowls and add your food coloring. This Sugar Cookie Icing is buttery sweet and made in minutes. It's the ideal texture for pouring in swirling designs over your soft sugar cookies or cut-out sugar cookies and hardens just enough to make them stackable for party platters and edible gift giving.

Sugar Cookie Icing instructions

1. Measure out powdered sugar and set aside.
2. Measure milk and pour into medium to large bowl.
3. Slowly add powdered sugar, making sure to mix well after each addition, or it will become clumpy..
4. After all sugar has been added, mixture WILL BE VERY THICK. Add your corn syrup, and mix well..
5. Add your extracts. I like almond emulsion because it is thicker and tastes better, as with the lemon oil, however, extracts will work..
6. If mixture is still too thick, you can add more corn syrup, but only a little at a time..
7. Separate and color!.

Using powdered sugar and milk, you'll have your sugar cookie icing made in minutes. Only two ingredients to make the BEST and EASIEST sugar cookie icing EVER! Skip to primary navigation; Skip to main content; Skip to primary sidebar; Skip to footer; Home; Recipes. Recipe Index (Search) View ALL Recipes; Main Dishes. Beef; Chicken; How to Make Sugar Cookie Frosting.