Tonight I finished one of the more time consuming parts of sugar cookies...the icing. I had about 5 dozen cookies and it took almost 3 hours but in the end they are always worth it.
Sugar Cookie Icing
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| Gather your supplies |
Ingredients:
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 2 tsp. milk
- 2 tsp. light corn syrup
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Directions:
1. Stir together sugar and milk
2. Beat in corn syrup and extract (you can also add food coloring as desired)
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| Finished Icing |
I outline each cookie before spreading with the filler color. The outline color should be a little thicker so it does not run off your cookies and can support the filler color. I make my outline frosting, put it in a ziplock bag, and snip the corner to get a nice thin line when I squeeze it out.
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| My outline color in my handy ziplock bag |
Make sure to let your outline color dry for a few minutes before putting the inside color so it can support the slightly less thick frosting.
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| Cookie with outline icing and filler color |
I also like to apply sprinkles to add additional depth. I added red and yellow for the leaves and added frosting detail for the acorn top with additional icing.
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| Leaves with additional sugar details |
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| Acorns with additional frosting detail at top |
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Finished sugar cookies
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