Glaze Icing

Name: Glaze Icing
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: Yield: 1 cup
Ingredients: 1½ cups (180 g) confectioners’ sugar, sifted, plus more if needed; ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon light corn syrup; 2 to 2½ tablespoons (30 to 38 ml) room temperature water; pinch salt (optional)

Preparation info

Yield:
1
cup

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
5 min

Appears in

Sally's Cookie Addiction

By Sally McKenney

Published 2017

About

If royal icing isn’t your thing, try this easy glaze icing instead. I usually use an empty squeeze bottle for decorating cookies when working with this glaze icing. It’s not as stable as royal icing, but when applied in a thin layer, it will dry within 24 hours.

Ingredients

1½ cups (180 g) confectioners’ sugar, sifted, plus more if needed
½ teaspoon pure vani

Garnish
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Whisk the confectioners’ sugar, vanilla extract, corn syrup, and 2 tablespoons (30 ml) of water in a medium bowl until combined. The icing will be quite thick. Using the whisk, drizzle a little of the icing back into the bowl. If it’s the right consistency, the ribbon of icing will hold for a couple seconds then disappear and smooth out into the icing. If the icing is to