Easy Sugar Cookie Icing Recipe

This truly is the best ever sugar cookie icing! It hardens without becoming too crunchy, is full of vanilla flavor, and can be colored to suit any holiday.

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One batch can be used for both the outline and flood, so get two bowls and two piping bags out and prepare to decorate your cookies!

Make the outline icing by combining the powdered sugar, 5 tablespoons of milk, corn syrup, and vanilla extract. Mix in the food coloring, transfer part of the icing to another bowl, and set aside.

The flood icing will be thinner. Add 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of milk to the first bowl and stir until the consistency has thinned.

Place the outline icing and flood icing in separate piping bags and cut a small piece of the tip off each one.

Outline each cookie with the outline icing, then use the flood icing to fill in the cookie. Use a toothpick to move the icing around and fill any empty spots.

Place the cookies in a single layer in an airtight container, and allow the icing to harden fully for 24 hours before stacking the cookies.

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