White Sugar Cookie Icing

By Addie

This recipe is quick, easy, dries hard and shiny and tastes good too. I originally got if from Allrecipes.

Ingredients

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons milk
• 2 teaspoons light corn syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1/4 teaspoon almond extract

Preparation

Step 1

Stir the powdered sugar and the milk until smooth.

Beat in corn syrup and vanilla until icing is smooth and glossy.

If it's too thick, add more corn syrup.

You can dip the cookies, paint them with a paint brush or spread them using a knife or the back of a spoon.

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REVIEWS:

This icing is very adaptable. For flavoring, I used 2 drops of clear vanilla, and 1 drop each of lemon and almond extract. I've thinned the icing with milk to make a glaze, thickened a bit with more powdered sugar to pipe, and used it as is to spread on cookies. I really like that it dries to a glossy finish instead of dull (and tasteless) like royal icing.

This frosting was just the right consistency when I used 3 tsp milk instead of 2. I have been looking for a beautiful frosting like this, it is a keeper! Thanks

What a great icing! This kept a beautiful sheen which looks great on the sugar cookies we iced with it. I did have to add much more corn syrup than the recipe said in order to get it to a spreading consistency.

We doubled the recipe and used it with sugar cookies and it was perfect. I didnt have light corn syrup so used honey as a substition and it still worked great. The icing set up so nicely, hardened and was so shiney! Will use everytime!

Exactly as you said, "This recipe is quick, easy, dries hard and shiny and tastes good too". Just what I was looking for! Thanks June!

Great icing, will use it again. Easy to make, looks great on cookies.

I l-o-v-e this icing. I use it on all my cookies now. My kids love it

Oh we love this so much - I am so glad to have found this recipe!!

I love this recipe! I have always hated icing sugar cookies and just had to try this recipe when I saw that painting and dipping were ways you could use it. I tried dipping first and it worked, but made my hands too messy (and I was trying to do several things at once and kept having to wash them), so, I switched to painting them with a sponge paintbrush and got several dozen cookies finished in a very short amount of time! Now I can make sugar cookies more than just at Christmas and Easter! I did add a little more corn syrup and milk than the recipe called for to get it to a thinner consistency. Thanks for posting!