This sugar cookie icing dries hard and shiny and the colors stay bright. Choose as many different colorings as you desire to make beautiful decorations on your cookies. This recipe makes enough icing to decorate a dozen sugar cookies.
Ingredients
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 teaspoons milk , or more if needed
- 2 teaspoons light corn syrup
- 0.25 teaspoons almond extract
Instructions
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1
Gather all ingredients.
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2
Stir together confectioners' sugar and milk in a small bowl until smooth.
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3
Beat in corn syrup and almond extract until icing is smooth and glossy. If icing is too thick, add more corn syrup.
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4
Divide into separate bowls, and add food colorings to each to desired intensity.
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5
Dip cookies, or paint them with a brush.
Nutrition Facts
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