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Cookie Icing Recipe

How To Make Cookie Decorating Icing

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Here's a great cookie icing recipe that you'll use again and again. This decorating icing is so easy to make and the icing flows on and hardens just right.

There's nothing like a homemade sugar cookie with icing to tempt your sweet tooth. Not only does the icing add flavor and richness to the cookie, but it adds interest and tantalizing appeal. A tray of colorfully iced cookies can turn any dessert table into a work of art.

What do you call it? Frosting or icing? Really, it's both; they mean the same thing. Some cooks consider frosting softer and icing harder, but the term that's used often depends on your location. Here in Canada, the word icing is most common, while frosting seems to be the term often used in the U.S. But, whatever you call the sweet, spreadable mixture, it looks great and tastes even better.

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Miriam's Great Cookie Icing Recipe

This original cookie frosting recipe was invented by a regular visitor to this recipe site. She accidentally discovered a great way to make cookie decorating icing using ice cream. That's right, ice cream! Let her tell you all about it:

I accidently found a great frosting recipe for decorating cookies. It is so simple and hardens quickly so that you can stack the cookies. I had run out of milk one day while decorating cookies. So, I melted some vanilla ice cream and added powdered sugar...and it was perfect!

The ice cream is already full of delicious ingredients. One can just add food coloring or leave it white; then add sprinkles, if desired. You have to add the sprinkles quickly before the frosting hardens, though. --Miriam, USA

Our thanks to Miriam. Isn't that clever? Vanilla ice cream works great with powdered icing sugar for making cooking icing, but you can also experiment by using plain chocolate or strawberry ice cream to add a subtle flavor and tint to the frosting.

Sugar Cookie Frosting Recipe

This easy recipe for cookie frosting is taken from Mom's old recipe scrapbook, circa 1929.

1 cup confectioner's sugar
2 teaspoons milk
2 teaspoons corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon vanilla flavoring (almond flavoring is also good)

Stir sugar and milk together in a bowl until icing mixture is smooth; beat in corn syrup and vanilla until icing mixture is smooth and glossy in appearance. Add food coloring to desired shade. Ice cookie and set aside for the icing to harden.

Enjoy trying these easy cookie icing recipes. Decorate your cookies and watch the delight in your loved one's eyes.

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