Sugar Cookie Icing Recipe
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Sugar Cookie Icing

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"This icing dries hard and shiny and the colors stay bright. Choose as many different food colorings as you desire."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.5 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (1,945)

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Prep Time:
15 Min
Ready In:
15 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 1 dozen cookies' worth
 

Ingredients

  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 2 teaspoons milk
  • 2 teaspoons light corn syrup
  • 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
  • assorted food coloring

Directions

  1. In a small bowl, stir together confectioners' sugar and milk until smooth. Beat in corn syrup and almond extract until icing is smooth and glossy. If icing is too thick, add more corn syrup.
  2. Divide into separate bowls, and add food colorings to each to desired intensity. Dip cookies, or paint them with a brush.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 43 | Total Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: < 1mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 14, 2006 by ANGELA4548   view full review
Absolutely fabulous sugar cookie icing! This icing recipe is the "Holy Grail" of icing. I...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 2, 2008 by kstuff   view full review
If light corn syrup is not available, you can substitute a sugar syrup made with 1-1/4 cups...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 10, 2005 by Robin F   view full review
This worked great for me! I put the 1 cup of confectioner's sugar in the bowl, added 4 tsp of...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 23, 2007 by BITSYSKITCHEN   view full review
This icing is the best! I used lemon flavoring and it tasted great. The trick that worked for...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 16, 2003 by HYPATIA_RISING   view full review
You have to play around with the milk and corn syrup pretty much, but it's best to start with...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 1, 2007 by I'm Not Stupid, I Know Tings   view full review
** 5 STARS! ** FABULOUS! I used this icing on my gingerbread men instead of Royal Icing...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 13, 2003 by RUBINI   view full review
It's easy and makes for a nice professional shiny and smooth finish. It's a very sweet icing...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 8, 2006 by COOTIEBUGABOO   view full review
Great basic recipe for beautiful, colorful, glossy frosting. I have to work at it each time...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 4, 2003 by SREICHERT   view full review
Great for traditional iced cookies. Icing takes a good 6-8 hours to completely dry.
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 15, 2003 by Audrey   view full review
I adjusted the recipe with the amount of milk and corn syrup to get it to the consistency I...

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