Description
This sugar cookie icing is smooth, easy to adjust, and sets beautifully for decorating. Perfect for outlining and flooding holiday cookies.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1–2 cups powdered sugar
- 1–4 tablespoons milk
- 2 teaspoons to 1 tablespoon light corn syrup or honey
- 1/4 to 1 teaspoon extract (vanilla, almond, peppermint, or coconut)
- Food coloring
Instructions
- Sift powdered sugar into a bowl to remove lumps
- Mix in corn syrup and extract until combined
- Add milk 1 teaspoon at a time while stirring until desired consistency
- Check texture by letting icing fall and settle within 10–15 seconds
- Divide and add food coloring gradually, mixing evenly
- Use thicker icing for outlining and thinner icing for flooding cookies
- Let icing set at room temperature for 1–2 hours before handling
Notes
- Sift sugar for a smoother icing texture
- Add milk slowly to avoid thinning too much
- Colors deepen over time so add gradually
- Let cookies cool completely before icing
- Adjust consistency depending on decorating needs
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 22
- Sodium: 5
- Fat: 0
- Saturated Fat: 0
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 30
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 0
- Cholesterol: 0
