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Easy Powdered Sugar Icing
Servings: 1 cup
Yields: 1 cup of icing
Calories: 934kcal
Skip royal icing and try this easy icing for decorating cookies. Ready in minutes, this simple powdered sugar icing will turn your plain sugar cookies into festive treats! It's perfect for drizzling over cakes and pastries too!
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Ingredients
- 2 cups (260 g) powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons water Note 1
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup optional Note 2
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract optional Note 3
Instructions
To make the icing:
- Add powdered sugar in a bowl and stir in water (or milk), corn syrup and vanilla extract, if using.
- Mix until the desired consistency is reached.
- To test the consistency, let the glaze pour off the spoon. The glaze should fall into a ribbon and hold the shape for a few seconds before melting back into the glaze. It's perfect consistency for outlining and filling sugar cookies.
- If the glaze is too thick, add a drop of water and test again. If the glaze is too runny, add a little more powdered sugar.
- Feel free to add food coloring to make colored icing.
To decorate cookies:
- Transfer the icing into a squeeze bottle, or a piping bag with small round tip. Decorate the cookies and let the icing set. (TIP: If you want to stack and package the glazed cookies, make sure to let the icing set overnight.)
Notes
Note 1: While water works just fine, you may use milk for creamy flavor. For decorating cookies, I use water. For drizzling cakes and pastries, I like to use milk for a nice and creamy glaze.
Note 2: Light corn syrup adds a nice sheen to the icing once it's set. It's perfect addition for decorating sugar cookies. But you can totally skip it. I don't add corn syrup when making an icing for drizzling on cakes and pastries.
Note 3: Flavor your icing with different extracts and juices. Here're a few suggestions: 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract, lemon, lime or orange juice, Amaretto or Grand Marnier liquors. Or ½ teaspoon pure almond extract or mint extract.
Storing Tip:
- Powdered sugar icing made with water can be stored on the counter for up to 1 week.
- Refrigerate sugar glaze with milk for up to 3 days.
- You can also freeze the icing for up to 3 months.
- Powdered sugar icing made with water can be stored on the counter for up to 1 week.
- Refrigerate sugar glaze with milk for up to 3 days.
- You can also freeze the icing for up to 3 months.
Nutrition
Servings: 1 cup
Calories: 934kcal
Carbohydrates: 239g
Sugar: 235g
Sodium: 5mg