Powdered Sugar Icing

Hi erm..how many servings that you can make for this recipe?

u need a little more than just 1 tablespoon of milk or water

If the consistency is too thin try adding whipped cream or gradually add more powdered sugar :-)

I'm sorry you were disappointed in the consistency of the icing, @Anonymous. In the future, I'd recommend a frosting for cakes (like this one: http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/creamy-yogurt-frosting-recipe/1/).

It's pretty obvious from the ingredients that its more like a glaze...not a cake icing. Doesn't take a rocket scientist. This was perfect for what I needed! I had forgotten how much liquid to add :)

THIS ICING IS NOT FOR CAKES!!! ITS MORE LIKE A GLAZE!!! SUCKS! THANKS A LOT, NOW I AM OUT OF POWDERED SUGAR AND STILL NEED TO MAKE REAL ICING!!!

What I love it freakin xxxxxx awsome

i use lemon juice.it makes a wonderful glaze :)

This recipe was AMAZING! everyone that tried this said they loved it!

it works..those that have rude comments keep to urself;)

Perfect glaze for homemade cinnamon rolls! Easy pezy!

This was great! We needed just a glaze for sweet buns. Amazing!

Another table spoon of water/milk

All u with your rude comments, if its to watery add more icing sugar if its to dry add

This is the non dairy unless u use milk recipe

Hi! This recipe calls for icing sugar, and does not require butter.

I have been using this for years it works great it has 100 different ways to do it you just need to experiment and find what works for you if you want it more solid add powdered sugar less sweet more milk (or water but i dont like using water for any of the ways)

Where's the butter? You have to add butter at least a cube and double or even triple your powered sugar.

Does this require icing sugar or white granular sugar?

This didn't work at all.....Maybe it was just me...:)

I've use this recipe hundreds of times it is awesome!!

You guys with all the negative comments must not cook much or know the difference between a glaze/icing and frosting.

Uhmmm..... If it's runny try adding more powdered sugar until it's the consistency you are looking for, duh. This worked for me. Thank you!

if you use 2 tablespoons milk it works and is good too

I tried this but it doesn't dry hard. I'm good at baking but when it comes to decorating i am no good .

worked perfect!!

DON'T USE THIS . IT'S DISCUSTING!!!!!

Mine is just like water do not try this recipe

When I did this it didn't turn out right, so I added more of the milk & vanilla and also added butter. It tasted way better and not as sweet.

I agree with most of you awful, way to runny and way to sweet

Mines didnt work out properly so i had to add extra milk which turned out nicely

This came out perfect. To all of you who said it's too runny: It's icing, not frosting!

Hi! This icing is generally flavored with vanilla extract, but it can be left out entirely or you can try to experiment by replacing it with a different flavor such as almond, orange, or peppermint.

this is icing not frosting big difference, icing is a little runny not solid like frosting. this is great for my oatmeal cookies

can u make it with out vanilla ???

DO NOT TRY THIS!!!!!!

It taste disgusting

This worked great. I needed glaze for cinnamon cupcake muffins I was making for my team and this worked perfectly

I loved it!! It came out just the way I wanted it to!!

this went well. don't listen to the other idiots. make sugar cookies and put a thin layer of this frosting and BAM!!!! There you go.

This isn't a good recipe we did every step the same as you and our is a clump not a puddle

This icing is a glaze

xxxx!!!!! its horable dont use it!!!!!!

stop being xxxxxxx and just go with the recipe

This worked great for me. I halved everything because I didn't need that much icing. I mixed it in a ziplock bag and cut a hole in a corner to squeeze the icing out. I decorated my gingerbread cookies with the icing and it dried nicely on them. I used milk and had to use slightly more than this recipe would call for if halved.

Awful it came out completely runny almost like pudding before it sets.

Pooooop!!!!!

This recipe is not good. It made a PUDDLE and made me frown. Please keep this in mind when considering using this recipe. Thank you.

Wow

this is great uesed it for cake pops so good!

I agree w/ the comments that the original recipe is bad. But I added a couple of Tbsp. of butter and a bit of almond extract & it improved greatly.

This is great OMG

Pretty good, I'm trying it on my gingerbread....

great stuff. we used it on sugar cookies. is also very good if you mix kool-aid in with it. great flavorful treat.

good stuff......Runny, but sets up nicely. We use this and divide it into small cups for adding food coloring. It is eady for the kids and it tastes great when it sets!

More milk is needed!!!!!

it was really gross

using the artificial clear vanilla will keep icing a clean white, & able too get the color tone you want, when adding coloring.

Some more advice, fondant does not in fact work well with gingerbread, I rolled out fondant with a rolling pan, made wreath and hung it on my gingerbread house's door, it did not turn out well. Next time us dirty icing to pipe along the perimeters of the fondant, then roll the outer layer out and stick it on. This icing is great glue for gb houses.

Yeah, it works great with piping and it will harden in 10-15 min.

Guys. Hey, if you need last minute icing, this is your stuff. We ran out of icing and used this stuff to make a gingerbread house-and it turned out fab. Enjoy!

if this hardened making decorations for Christmas tree

I'm trying this recipe I'm going fill cookie cutter to homemade

i had to double milk

I use this icing recipe for Christmas sugar cookies but I add a little bit of salt to cut the sweetness and I add a little bit of peppermint flavoring. It tastes SO good on sugar cookies!

I tired the recipe and it hardens relatively quickly within a couple minutes (less than 2 i'd say). It's a little on the sweet side but a dash of cream fo tartar helps balance out the taste so its not so "AH POWDERED SUGAR". used this recipe to frost sugar cookies. used with gel food coloring. is amazing! :3

Will this work with piping? Like into the roof of a gingerbread house? Also, how long to harden?

Does anyone know what MEXICAN brownies are???? (no, not the weed brownies lol) Thx!

By the way guys, this icing tastes delish <3

If you follow directions exactly, and then add a teaspoon extra of vanilla extract and a touch more milk, the recipe is perfect. However, sometimes the icing can taste too sweet. (If so, continue adding vanilla until it tastes alright.) Yes, sometimes it can taste a bit runny, so keep adding vanilla and powdered sugar. So, if you want to have my recipe, use the following steps: 1 cup powdered sugar (I recommend way less sugar, but if it is runny, add more) 1 1/2 teaspoon milk 1 teaspoon vanilla (add more if icing tastes too sweet) BTW: I am a huge vanilla fan, so if you are a sweet tooth I recommend less vanilla and more sugar--or less vanilla & more milk if you like a bland taste. Also, fondont and this icing work really well together. So, if you can, I recommend a combination of both for a picture-perfect cake.) Also, those of you who added too much water, I recommend milk next time, and add more sugar for now. Just some advice:)

Unusable. Don't waist your powdered sugar.

nevermind. i worked it out.

at first mine was really hard like a rock and wouldnt move, so i added a tiny bit more water, and now its like a river. i add more sugar but its not helping.

Add more sugar until consistency is right

That's easy and fast but I added to much water what do I do!

ive never seen an icing recipe without butter before!!! this is amazing for the cookie exchange im going to :-)

add cream cheese and evaporated milk.

Ooo

Hi! This recipe is probably best for cookies because the icing will harden once the cookies have cooled. Try this vanilla frosting recipe for cakes: http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/vanilla-frosting-recipe/2/. :)

can you use this frosting for cakes

Hi anonymous This will harden but make sure they are dry so you can stack them :D have fun with the Icing :D

Hi there! This recipe is probably best for cookies because the icing will harden once the cookies have cooled. Try this vanilla frosting recipe for cakes: http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/vanilla-frosting-recipe/2/. :)

will this melt if your cake is still warm- because i want that to happen

Hi! Yes, this icing will harden. Feel free to stack away!

Does this harden on the cookies making them stackable?

WOW THIS STUFF IS SOOOOOO GOOD!!!! :D

This looks good.......

Hello, unfortunately we do not have a frosting recipe specifically for what you’re searching. However, we do have a Royal Icing recipe that pairs well with gingerbread cookies here: http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/gingerbread-cookies-with-royal-icing/7c0c8326-c123-497e-8782-2a0ca5c526f6.

Hi.I am looking for a recipe for crispy sugar frosting of polish gingerbread.Can u help me pls

this tastes terrible don't make it and if you already did just throw it away

very nice ;)

Wow this is quick and easy :)

I add one tablespoon of lemon extract and put over molasses cookies :)

Hi—this is prepared fairly quickly. It should take about 5 minutes.

How fast is this made???

Hi! Powdered sugar is icing sugar.

Is Powdered sugar icing sugar?

its great...kind of

Hi—this icing can be refrigerated.

easy and looks just like cinimanroll frosting!!!

Can this be refridgerated?

Hi! It depends on if you are sifting the powdered sugar or not. 3 1/2 cups equals one pound of unsifted powdered sugar, 4 cups of sifted powdered sugar.

How many cups of powdered sugar to a pound

Icing is made with margarine, frosting is made with crisco & glaze has neither. Atleast thats what I was taught years ago when I went to school for this... And before you even start on why am I looking on a web page for the recipes, my neice caught my kitchen on fire & I wasnt able to save my collection. Anyway there is no sense on fighting over something so trivial. This is a good glaze

i love this recipe... so does my husband

If you’d like frosting rather than icing, check out this frosting recipe: http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/frosting-recipe/3/

How much butter would you add if you wanted to make it frosting

just made a glaze for my apple oat cookies but why did the glaze soak into the cookies Why?

If you add butter you get frosting not icing. Icing is supposed to be thin and runny.

I see from comments you people don't know the difference between ICING and FROSTING. Icing is thin and runny and if you put it on a bundt cake or cookie it will run down the sides, which is what it is supposed to do. If you want it to stay in one place on a cake, you need Frosing not Icing.

It's awful unless ou add butter.

Had to double milk and vanilla

it terned out too runny and theres too much vanilla! it also needs butter!

This was super easy! Although instead of vanilla, I used strawberry milk powder. The frosting came out thicker and cute. I am disappointed at the amount this recipe made. I even doubled it and it wasn't enough for my cookies. But nonetheless, this was great! Thanks!

its iceing not frosting its going to be more runny the frosting

Goes great with hotdogs

i just made it and added hot chocolate mix to it... then added into my hot chocolate and it taste amazing...

We added a couple tablespoons of butter and added extra milk to thin the consistency. This worked great as a drizzle for blueberry scones.

i love this stuff

I just made this and it came out wonderful, I did have to add about one more tablespoon of water, but that was it. Thank you for posting it I will be keeping this recipe for further cakes.

anonymous i am 11 first time is a charm its great

Nasty frosting! YUK!

sometimes it takes practice to make this icing just the way you want i would recomend keep makeing it and you will get it right then. I like it thick for decorating cakes

Added more Vanilla, and put it on Cinnamon rolls , Tasted Wonderful(:

OVERPOWERING SUGAR AND VANILLA TASTE. VAGUE AND INSUFFICIENT DIRECTIONS

THIS IS A REALLY SMALL BATCH! I USED 4 CUP CONFECTIONS SUGAR DIDN'T PACK IT IN MEASURING CUP JUST POURED IT IN. I WHIPPED 6 TABLESPOONS OF BUTTER IN HALF THE SUGAR AND GRADUALLY ADDED THE REMAINING SUGAR & MILK & VANILLA AT A TIME AND ALSO ADDED 1 TEASPOON OF LEMON JUICE IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THE SWEETNESS IS KIND OF TAKES SOME OF THE SWEETNESS OUT TRY IT BEFORE AND AFTER AND YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCE! IT MAKES A GREAT ICING THAT GOES REALLY WELL WITH BANANA CAKE YELLOW CAKE MIX WITH A LAYER OF SLICED BANANAS THAT ARE MORE RIPE. I USED IT ON BLUEBERRY MUFFINS WITH FRESH BLUEBERRIES ON TOP. ENJOY!!

I made it but added a pinch of salt about a tablespoon of butter (i used water not milk) and then about a teaspoon of strawberry flavored kool aid - We put a little on some pink lemonade home made cookies and everyone LOVED them. And the color of the icing was perfect for a summer bright pink

i just made 3 batches of this (using up most of my icing sugar) and they all turned out very runny, which ment i coulndt use it. so i went out to the store to buy other icing wich cost me alot of money. i was really hopping that this wqould turn out well but it didnt i dont recomend this respie to anyone, it is not god for decorating or just plain icing.

I've used this recipe countless times and it has worked great on anything. I spread it on a pound I made a month or so ago and it turned out really well. It also works on cupcakes and sugar cookies.

It came out in the form of dough, so I just added one more Tbsp of Milk. It then came out perfect

WOW!!!! Disgusting much!!!

best icing ever!(its just a little runny) if your making it to decerate, just add 3/4 cup extra of powdered suger

i did this and it seemed a bit thick first, so i added another tablespoon of milk then a tablespoon of butter and it seemed perfect

amazing!!! loved it! (:

i put cocoa powder in it to make chocolate and i think it taste even better

by the way i think this will go great as frosting, for homemade cinnamon rolls!

its not that bad. i liked it. its not the beat out there, but it works! i think next time ill add cinnamon extract or something else to give it a pop of flavor.

me and my friend made this & EWWW it is nasty ! dont even bother trying it

hi people (:

For all those who wanted butter, this is an icing recipe, not a buttercream frosting recipe. As a powder sugar icing recipe it was perfect!

Gross

needs butter

turned out like xxxx

it tasted horible!

you REALLY need butter in it !! without it i thinks it tastes horriblew

Also you should put on there how much it made because I had to triple the recipe to put it on 12 cupcakes but othere wise thank you!!!!!!!!!,!,

Milk or water? I used water and it was great and I'm only 10 and we didnt have any vanilla and it still tasted fine thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

I added a pat of melted butter to it and it gave it a little nicer consistency and flavor...

Now today at 6:37 I write a million dollar check to betty crocker and send it thanks so much it's so good yum

I love the sugary taste it was so thick and creamy I wanted more so right now I am working at a bakery called IT'S THE GOOD STUFF and I've gotten many great comments on it so thank you thank for the recipe and for helping me get my buissness started. (:

betty crocker at fisrt when i tried i was like mmmmmm whos recipy and my sis said "betty crocker" i said i should of known

mmm mm good thick n tasty ,Betty Crocker couldnt have beat me this time

looks easy and is easy

allrecipes.com has a great powdered sugar frosting using butter

Ummm... I was trying to find a powdered sugar icing recipe that used butter. Do you know any?

i had to add more milk

Most useless comments I've seen in a while.

I doubled the recipe and after adding all the ingedients I discovered it was waaay to dry. I added additional milk to make it more smooth and then put in microwave for a minute to make it more thin. Work out great after that.

can you say how much it yields in the recipe?

Does it have to be poured on warm cake? I made a bunt cake and would like to put glaze on it but its already cooled.

Perfecto!!!!!

this is the best icing i've ever tasted, to all that said its gross.....you're crazy!!!!! i think you just made it wrong or you just dont have any tastebuds. =D

is it ok with water i ran out of milk today

not thick enough and way to sweet for my likeing gross

This icing was amazing ! It's my favourite by far, if it gets to thick like most people said, add a little more milk or water, milk is preferred as it makes it more creamy but to thin add a little more icing sugar. It shouldn't be piled on something like a cupcake for example, but about half an inch high on it.

I grew up on this recipe. If it comes out too thick, your powdered sugar was too packed when you measured. If it comes out too thin, just add more powdered sugar by the spoonful til you get the consistancy you want. This is not an icing that is meant to be piled on your desert. It is closer to a glaze, than a traditional thick fluffy icing.

my friend hated it

I tried a new way to do the icing! try it..... instead of using vanilla use peppermint!!! it was really good!!!

to thick.. but i added a little more milk and it turned out great :)

it worked out fine

do u needd to use a mixer or hand

thanks for this it really helped a lot :)

mmm sounds goood! how do you think it sounds?

it came out way to thin

totally gross too sweet.

That was so disgusting...

Gooooood

mmm.........sweet

mm....sweet