Description
This glossy sugar cookie icing is easy to make in minutes! It hardens beautifully on top of cookies and tastes as good as it looks.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 cups (345g) powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp light corn syrup
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3-4 tbsp of milk or water
- Gel icing color
Instructions
- Add the powdered sugar, corn syrup, vanilla extract and 3 tablespoons cream to a medium-sized bowl. Whisk together until well combined. It may seem dry at first, but it’ll come together.
- Add additional milk or water to get the right consistency.
- Divide the icing into as many bowls as you need for the colors you want. Stir in gel icing color, a little bit at a time, until it reaches your desired shade.
- Add the icing to squeeze bottles or piping bags with small round tips for piping, or use a knife or offset spatula to spread the icing onto your cookies.
- Allow the icing to dry. For it to be fully hard and able to be stacked on, give it 4-5 hours or overnight.
Notes
Makes enough icing to frost around 24 cookies that are about 3 1/2 inches in size.
If you have leftover icing that you’d like to use for future cookies, store it in an airtight container in the fridge. Bring it to room temperature before using, stirring in a little more cream if needed. Use leftover icing within 1 week.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 84
- Sugar: 21 g
- Sodium: 2.3 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 21.4 g
- Protein: 0.1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
