This sugar cookie icing dries hard and shiny and the colors stay bright. Choose as many different food colorings as you desire. This recipe makes enough icing to decorate a dozen sugar cookies.
Ingredients
- confectioners' sugar: 1 cup
- milk: 2 tsp (if needed)
- light corn syrup: 2 tsp
- almond extract: 0.25 tsp
- assorted food coloring:
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Stages of cooking
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Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Stir together confectioners' sugar and milk in a small bowl until smooth. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Beat in corn syrup and almond extract until icing is smooth and glossy. If icing is too thick, add more corn syrup. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Divide into separate bowls, and add food colorings to each to desired intensity. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Dip cookies, or paint them with a brush. DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS
