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July 8, 2011

Best Sugar Cookie Icing Ever

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30 Comments

  1. the plaid and paisley kitchen
    the plaid and paisley kitchen on July 8, 2011 at 1:53 pm

    Yes I have had your cookies and they are amazing!!! Thanks to this awesome recipe and your helpful tips of a decorator bottle. ( remeber the night of lying on closet floor crying?) I am now a suguar cookie making monster! = )

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  2. Renatta
    Renatta on November 30, 2012 at 7:38 pm

    I love how thourough you are & the photos you posted. I was wondering is there something I could use, in place of the almond extract? I really don’t like that flavor much. Or, if it is left out, should I add more milk to replace the liquid content? I am hosting a cookie decorating party next weekend & can’t wait to try this out this week!

    Thanks a bunch. :)~

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    • Ashley
      Ashley on November 30, 2012 at 7:58 pm

      Renatta, you can replace the almond extract with any flavor you like. Vanilla is great, and peppermint is fun for holiday cookies. 🙂 Have fun decorating!

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  3. Javene McCabe
    Javene McCabe on February 18, 2013 at 12:22 pm

    I LOVE THIS FROSTING BUT AFTER A DAY OR SO THE COLOR STARTS TO GET WHITE CLOUD EFFECT. DO YOU HAVE THIS ISSUE? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I AM DOING WRONG? I HAVE TRIED MORE/LESS KARO/CORN SYRUP…

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  4. lisa childers
    lisa childers on March 3, 2013 at 3:55 pm

    I bake a lot of cookies and always use a glaze like this recipe and I love the taste however, I have the same problem as Javene above….after a few days colored cookies have that white cloud effect that she mentioned. Any ideas on what I am doing wrong?

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  5. Mara
    Mara on March 5, 2013 at 6:23 pm

    Lol!! You described me to a T! I just completed a batch of royal icing cookies and about cried. I told my husband not to laugh. I also told him I thought they tasted sugary (like a box of confectioner sugar). So, I started googling my head off. Thank you and bless you for sharing:) I will try them for sure:))

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  6. Rhonda Zupon
    Rhonda Zupon on December 8, 2013 at 8:48 am

    I have been reading about icing cookies and I also don’t care for the taste of royal icing. My question is the use of milk. My question may be silly but does the milk go sour that is used if these are done ahead of time. I like to start decorating cookies and it takes about 10 days to get them delivered to my friends and family. Thanks for helping me out!

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  7. Roni
    Roni on January 14, 2014 at 9:05 am

    I use water instead of milk and leave them out of the refrigerator. Mine only get hazy when I put them in the fridge.

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  8. DIXIE SHERRELL
    DIXIE SHERRELL on March 28, 2014 at 7:24 pm

    I LOVE THIS FROSTING BUT AFTER A DAY OR SO THE COLOR STARTS TO GET WHITE SPOTS. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I AM DOING WRONG? I HAVE TRIED LESS OF EACH INGREDIENT AND LIMITED MY STIRING, NOTHING WORKS. I HAVE READ THAT MANY DECORATORS HAVE THIS PROBLEM. HAS THERE BEEN ANY SOLUTIONS????? H E L P

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  9. Rhaina
    Rhaina on March 30, 2014 at 9:15 am

    I made your cookie icing recipe for an impromptu family dinner at my house last weekend. It was one of those recipes I had pinned on Pinterest to try at some unspecified future event. Well, it was Perfect! It is a very forgiving recipe also because I’m sure in my haste I was not as exact as I should have been but it still set up nicely and tasted wonderful. Like you, I’m not a fan of the royal icing most bakers recommend for cookies, but I’d like my cookies to still be pretty. This was just the thing. Thanks for sharing!

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  10. Jeannie
    Jeannie on October 13, 2014 at 2:35 pm

    Could I add a tablespoon meringue powder to the corn syrup icing to help with keeping design shape and drying quicker(or would it?). Or would it still dry too hard? I like your blog. Thanks for the icing recipe. Please post more pictures of your cookie decorating. What do i do about those white spots on my iced cookies?

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  11. Kristen
    Kristen on October 25, 2014 at 10:10 pm

    Excellent recipe! Icing tastes and looks great! Thanks for sharing!

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  12. Jesssica
    Jesssica on October 14, 2015 at 8:52 pm

    I had used a modified version of this recipe and always had to tweak it. It is perfect as-is for filling the cookies after the outline is done! I use a pancake pen (google it-amazing device) to “fill” the cookie up after the outline. Thank you, thank you!

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  13. Rebekka
    Rebekka on November 25, 2015 at 4:01 pm

    What can you substitute corn syrup with?

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    • Claudia
      Claudia on December 22, 2015 at 11:29 am

      I don’t want to use corn syrup either. I’m wondering if a simple syrup (sugar and water) would work.

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  14. Heather
    Heather on November 27, 2015 at 11:22 pm

    If I cant find corn syrup in our town, what aletrnative can I use? Corn powder?

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    • Carol
      Carol on December 10, 2015 at 10:22 pm

      Try golden syrup if you are in the UK…

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    • Dana
      Dana on December 14, 2015 at 7:51 pm

      Look for corn syrup near the regular pancake syrup and in the baking aisle. It keeps the icing from getting rock hard and it gives it a shine. Karo is the brand I use but in a pinch, I would probably use a tiny bit of pancake syrup. Not real maple syrup. General pancake syrup is mostly corn syrup with imitation maple flavoring. If you use sparingly, you won’t be overwhelmed with maple flavor.

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      • Casey
        Casey on May 10, 2017 at 4:52 am

        Also try agave nectar it’s near the sugar isle. It’s thick like corn syrup. Only thing is it may tint the white color of the frosting a tiny bit but should be fine after coloring. If it’s too think try thickening with more powdered sugar or a pinch of corn starch.

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  15. Katie
    Katie on December 13, 2015 at 7:09 pm

    Can vanilla extract be used rather than the almond extract?

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    • Dana
      Dana on December 14, 2015 at 7:55 pm

      I’m not a fan of almond extract, so I use a few drops of butter flavoring, a few drops of clear vanilla extract, and only a few drops of almond extract. I keep adding drops until I get the flavor I like. It’s awesome.

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  16. Tammi
    Tammi on January 28, 2016 at 7:38 pm

    I just tried royal icing today and yuck on the taste. I was grateful to find this and will try in the future. I have a question. I wanted to make black frosting today as the primary color but my son tried one with just a small amount and his mouth turned black. Not good for cookies going to a conference. Does anyone here have a fix for this?

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  17. Eve
    Eve on February 21, 2016 at 8:05 pm

    Thank you for the recipe. It looks like most people love it. But before I make it, I need to know if there is a solution to the “white cloud” folks are asking about. I need to make these cookies in advance of distributing them and they need to look good as well as taste good. Please advise. Thanks.

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  18. Anne
    Anne on April 3, 2016 at 10:49 pm

    I have used this icing many times although I double the the recipe I add a teaspoon of cream of tartar, voila, No clouds? Works for me

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  19. Sara
    Sara on August 4, 2016 at 10:56 am

    Can someone tell me approximately how many cookies this recipe would ice? Thanks!

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