Description
This easy and smooth Sugar Cookie Icing is perfect for decorating your favorite cookies. With just a few ingredients, it’s simple to make and dries to a glossy finish, making it ideal for detailed cookie designs. Whether you’re decorating sugar cookies for a holiday, a birthday party, or just a fun weekend baking project, this icing will add the perfect sweet touch!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup (125 g) confectioners’ sugar
- 1–2 tablespoons whole milk, as needed depending on seasonality and desired consistency
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 1–3 drops lemon juice, as needed depending on seasonality and desired consistency
Instructions
- Sift the Confectioners’ Sugar
Sift the confectioners’ sugar into a medium-sized bowl to remove any lumps, ensuring your icing is smooth. - Combine Ingredients
Add the milk, corn syrup, and lemon juice (optional) to the sifted sugar. Mix until fully combined. - Adjust Consistency
Add more milk if the icing is too thick or more lemon juice for a slightly tangy flavor. Stir until you achieve the desired consistency for your icing. If you need it thinner for flooding, add more milk; if you need it thicker for outlining, add more powdered sugar.
Notes
- If you prefer a thicker consistency for piping, reduce the milk to 1 tablespoon and add more powdered sugar as needed.
- If you want a shinier finish, be sure to include the corn syrup in the recipe.
- Adjust the amount of lemon juice based on personal taste. You can omit it for a more neutral flavor.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Baking, Cookie Decoration
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 tablespoon (approx. the amount used to ice one cookie)
- Calories: 55 kcal
- Sugar: 13g
- Sodium: 0mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 14g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0g