Cookie Icing/Frosting That Hardens

Submitted by Kittencalrecipezazz

"This will harden and it will hardens quite quickly, it's the perfect icing to decorate cookies, if desired you may omit the vanilla, I like to add it in, the amounts may be reduced by half if desired."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 40

ingredients

• 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar (sifted after measuring)
• 1 tablespoon low-fat milk (skim or 1% is fine although I have made this successfully using 2% fat milk)
• 1 tablespoon corn syrup (more if needed to reach desired consistency)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla
• food coloring (use colors of choice)

directions

1. VERY IMPORTANT; the confectioners sugar must be sifted before using.
2. In a bowl beat the sifted confectioners sugar with milk until smooth.
3. Beat in corn syrup and almond extract until smooth and glossy (if icing is too thick add in a small amount of corn syrup).
4. Divide into as many separate bowls as desired.
5. Add in different food coloring to each bowl beating/whisking until the intensity is achieved.
6. Paint the icing over the cookies using a brush or dip the cookie edges into icing (this will set quite quickly).
7. Place cookies on waxed paper to dry.

Reviews

[urotjr]

You can beat, stir, mix or whip this for days, but 2 cups of confectionery sugar and one tablespoon of milk will never result in anything smooth. That means that all the "reviewers" not mentioning that flaw never actually tried making it.<br/>With 3+ tablespoons of milk, it's flawless.

 

[amy.furay]

Frosting exactly as stated - it sets up and hardens nicely. The only thing I did differently was to thin the frosting with an additional 1/2 tsp of milk because I used it as a beautiful abstract glaze on a cinnamon raisin loaf and I wanted to be able to drizzle it. I was nervous that it might not set up because I changed the recipe - but it dried to a shiny hard consistency. This is my new go-to glaze recipe.

 

[I_luv_sweets]

I've used this recipe for years for my Valentine Day cookies. I've never had a problem with lumps - I use a electric hand mixer to mix this. I use vanilla flavoring only - because I don't like almond flavoring. I half the recipe and make 4 different colors. I frost 5 dozen cookies with it, which are approximately 3 x 3 in size.

 

[Jude B.]

There's no way that icing measurement is right for a tablespooon of milk. Did two and still did nothing to actually make anything resembling icing.

 

[Outta Here]

This did harden nicely, but I found it a bit thick to work with, but my icing skills are real rusty. I think with practice, it would work. I couldn't "beat until smooth" as directed with only 1 tablespoon milk to two cups sugar, so added a tad bit more milk. Made for Christmas Cookie game at kittencalskitchen.com