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Easy Cookie Icing

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TBSP Kitchens
Updated Jul 2, 2019
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If you’ve been looking for a simple but foolproof homemade icing, congrats—you’ve found it! The perfect not-too-thin, not-too-thick topping for your treats is as simple as stirring up a little sugar, milk, vanilla plus a touch of food coloring (if you’re fancy). Break out the cookie cutters and sprinkles! This year, cookie decorating is fun and easy.

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  • If you’ve been searching the internet for “sugar cookie icing,” trying to figure out which recipes are the real deal, we’ve got good news for you: the search is over. This is the perfect frosting for cutout sugar cookies—it’s simple, easy to make, and just the right consistency so that it’s spreadable without being runny. You can use it plain, or tint with food color for more colorful cookies.

Easy Cookie Icing

  • Prep Time 5 min
  • Total 30 min
  • Servings 72
  • Ingredients 4
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2-3 tablespoons milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Betty Crocker™ food coloring sets or other decors

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Combine all ingredients. Stir until smooth.

Nutrition

5 Calories
0g Total Fat
0g Protein
2g Total Carbohydrate
2g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
5
Calories from Fat
0
Total Fat
0g
0%
Saturated Fat
0g
0%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
0mg
0%
Potassium
0mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
2g
1%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
2g
Protein
0g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
Free
Carbohydrate Choice
0
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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