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Easy Sugar Cookie Icing
A glossy, four-ingredient icing that sets up smooth on sugar cookies and tints into any color you like. It comes together in about five minutes with pantry staples — no special equipment or fancy ingredients.
Ingredients
- 1 cuppowdered sugar
- 1 tablespoonmilk
- 2 teaspoonslight corn syrup
- 1/4 teaspoonvanilla extract · or almond extract
- —food coloring
Steps
- 1
Sift the powdered sugar, then mix in the corn syrup and extract.
- 2
Add the milk 1 teaspoon at a time until the icing reaches your desired consistency.
- 3
Add food coloring a little at a time until you reach your desired color.
Creator's notes
John pairs this icing with his sugar cookie recipe, which holds its shape well so you can use any cookie cutter you like.
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