Just finished cookies for my daughter’s class tomorrow. You weren’t wrong this is a fool proof recipe. It turned out perfect the first try and that never happens for me. The alligator cookies I made look great, this will be my go to recipe forever!
Going to make my small batch sugar cookie recipe and use this icing for decorating with my 5 yr old granddaughter. She loves to bake and decorate whenever she can.
This was very helpful as this was my first time making icing and sugar cookies from scratch. Loved the tip for using a glass to get the icing into the bag! That definitely worked! The video presentation was easy to follow. The part about the consistency was also so helpful. My granddaughter had a great time helping! Thanks for sharing!
For anyone who likes the thicker dyes (mine is a paste) you can stop the icing a little thicker and use a bit of the milk to mix into the dye to turn it more liquid which will make it much easier to mix in😊
This is an awesome recipe and very tasty too. Thank you for sharing! You have the best food critic right there on your hip!❤️ HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!
I always make my grandma’s sugar cookie recipe for Christmas in hopes it will make the holiday easier. I made them last year and I made a buttercream for them. It was good but also really sweet. I’m excited to try this.
Using you bag straight up and down also gives more control so you can get right up to edges. If not, use your scribe to get all the way to edges. It always looks cleaner and neater
I have to tell you that this is the bomb! The icing was easy and flavorful (I used Almond flavoring). It took a while to get the consistency just right, but after was nice to use and easy to decorate. Plus I tend to shy away from the raw egg whites in the Royal icing. Thanks for you recipe. Keep up the great work.
Your assistant or should I say quality control is very cute! Thank you for the recipe! What was the other recipe that you were talking about for more detail?
I sometimes feel like you made the video just for me. LOL Yeah I'll just roll with that. ;-) I will probably give these cookies and frosting a try. I guess I better order the shapes soon if I want them for our Christmas! Another awesome video!
My sugar cookie icing which I got from my mom just uses powdered sugar and milk. The consistency is the same and it spreads easily. I may consider adding vanilla after watching this.
Try a danish dough hook, mixes like a whisk but doesn’t bog down. Plus the handle is wooden and strong. Love this recipe!! Thanks for adding sift after you measure! ❤
Hello Sam. - So, if I want to do lots of decorations on my cookies of different colors, I can still do it with this icing BUT, I will have to wait till each color sets? Is that right? For example, a Xmas tree ( Green ) with garland ( White ) over the Green & Xmax ornaments in 2 - 3 other colors. Thank you. ♥ EDIT: 12-10, I made some Gingerbread cookies following your recipe also & made that icing. It harden/dried pretty quickly, so it was easy to put all the colors in the end. I wish I could share a pic of them. they look pretty good for a first-timer.
Sorry I didn't catch this earlier! As you found it starts to set quickly enough that it's not a super long process. You can always tag me on Instagram if you have one. I love seeing pictures. :) @Sugarspun_Sam
Good tips, but I'd like to try this with extra creamy oat milk instead of milk, and I would use almond extract instead of vanilla. I use the almond extract in my whipped cream frosting that I frost my chocolate angel food cake, and it just really adds something special to an already quite special cake. (Some years ago, big-name cake mix makers had a chocolate angel food mix, but it the cake it made wasn't nearly as good as that which one makes on their own using a 2-stop angel food mix...which is getting harder to find these days, too...the major brands don't seem to make a 2-step mix anymore.)
Ty for sharing. Going to try this recipe with my little one. We did it 2 years in a row making cookies and have yet to find the right icing that isn't so sweet.
Thank you so much for this! I’ve decorated in the past & sent them to my son’s work…he told me that the icing ruined the taste of the cookie & they all went in the trash…that’s too much work for that to happen….I will definitely give this a try
This sounds perfect. I'm planning to make a gingerbread house and I don't want to use Royal icing. No one mentioned whether this icing will hold a house together, but I'm going to try!
Did this last night, and it went great! Definitely go slowly when decorating if you are used to using royal icing on cookies. But so much easier than royal icing! Question: could lemon juice or other flavorful liquid be used in place of milk? Trying to cut the sweetness a little.
I did try it with fresh squeezed lemon juice AND added some lemon zest. It turned out delicious! The tart with the sweet icing and the sweet cookie was really special. Then I tried the same thing with lime, and then cranberry juice (no zest there, just 100% cranberry juice from Ocean Spray). These are all tart flavors so they came out great. I made lime-flavored Christmas trees (added some green), lemon-flavored snow men, and cranberry-flavored bells (added some red)!
You could use piping gel instead of the frosting if that's what you'd like to use. I'm not sure how it will set up or look as I'm not familiar with it.
Thank you, I always intimidated by decorative icing. Two questions please: Do you have to refrigerate these due to milk? If not how long are they good for sitting out?
They don't need to be refrigerated. The sugar stabilizes the milk here. They are good for about a week in an air tight container at room temperature. :)
Aloha! 2 questions, 1. Can the icing be made ahead and put it freezer, if so for how long? 2. How much cookies can you cover with one batch? Mahalo in advance!
Can I use an electric mixer on low? I have arthritis and it would be hard for me to mix by hand. Love the simplicity of this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Looks easy and tasty. Question, can the icing be frozen (on the cookie)? I would like to make some now, keep some out for hubby & myself, and freeze balance to be given for Xmas. Just make the icing once.
Planing on using this icing for cookie decoration party for kids. Do you think it will be okay to use small squishy bottles instead of plastic bags? Also, is it possible to make icing ahead of time?
Small squishy bottles will work just fine. If you make it in advance you will need to place plastic wrap directly against the surface so it doesn't dry out. :)
No, it’s a small amount of milk and a large amount of sugar preservative. Please do what you are most comfortable with in your own kitchen though, always! 🩵
Have you ever used this recipe to make an icing transfer for a cake? Just wondering how the syrup would be affected when putting the transfer into the freezer to harden before putting it on the cake. Thanks!
Unfortunately I haven't tried it so I can't really say for sure how it would go. I don't think the corn syrup will give you any issues but I really don't know if it would hold up when put on the cake. It could potentially work but without having tried it I'm just really hesitant to advise. :(
I have a question! is the corn syrup really needed? am I able to replace it with lemon drops since I''ve seen people use lemon drops in sugar cookie icing. I am a bit confused with it, will it spoil the milk? anddd alsoo does it effect on the drying process or on the glowing effect/shine
You can leave the corn syrup out, but the icing won't dry quite as firmly and won't be shiny. You may need to add more milk. I'm not sure how the lemon would work.
Can I write words on the cookie with this icing as well or do you recommend doing something different? If so, what would you recommend for the writing part?
HIGH fructose corn syrup, most commonly HFCS 42 and HFCS 55, is a commercial food additive which is higher in Man-Made fructose formed by artificially using enzymes to covert the glucose derived from corn starch into fructose, but it doesn't actually bind to the remaining glucose chains and HFCS also contains water as a byproduct. HFCS is not the same identical thing as naturally occurring fruit fructose (i.e. fruit pectin) -- and if anything it is more closely related to and more like sucrose EXCEPT minus the chemical bonding between glucose and fructose. "HFCS 42 is mainly used in processed foods, cereals, baked goods, and some beverages. HFCS 55 is used primarily in soft drinks." (FDA) Also, it is NOT the same thing as corn syrup/Karo (or 100 percent pure glucose). That said, corn syrup is made with commercially grown corn with all the GMOs and pesticides -- and may even contain HFCS as an additive especially if the manufacturer wants to cheap out -- simply read the labels to find out -- but many if not most manufacturer's have actually stopped adding HFCS to their regular corn syrup due to overwhelming consumer demand. "Honey is a common nutritive sweetener with an approximately one-to-one ratio of fructose to glucose. Fruit and nectar-based sweeteners may have more fructose than glucose, especially those that come from apples and pears." (FDA)
Thank you for showing how the icing was stackable without getting damaged. I was specifically worried about this. 😊
You're welcome! Just make sure it dries completely first. :)
Just finished cookies for my daughter’s class tomorrow. You weren’t wrong this is a fool proof recipe. It turned out perfect the first try and that never happens for me. The alligator cookies I made look great, this will be my go to recipe forever!
I'm so glad it turned out so well for you! :)
I didn’t know that about corn syrup. I’ve been looking for this kind of icing recipe FOR A LONG TIME.
Thanks again!
I hope you love it!
If you dont have corn syrup, you can actually use honey as well.
Thank you, I don’t have a steady hand for decorating, so I appreciate not having to outline and then flood the cookie. Much less complicated!
You’re welcome! I’m glad it was helpful! 😊
Going to make my small batch sugar cookie recipe and use this icing for decorating with my 5 yr old granddaughter. She loves to bake and decorate whenever she can.
Have fun!
The drinking glass hack to fill the bag is golden! It was a "why'd I never think of that?" moment! Thanks!
He is the most precious lil guy!!!
My siblings and I like to use lemon or orange extract rather than vanilla. Great video-thanks!
Really good recipe but
your son stole the show!
What a wonderful boy.
And so sweet.
😂 Thank you!
I tried your recipe few xmas ago and they turned out just like yours!!! I forgot to comment and say thank you for sharing
I'm so glad you enjoyed them! :)
This is a great icing and works exactly as she says. I love using this recipe
I'm so glad you enjoy it so much! :)
This is the best icing recipe ever. Thank you so much for explaining to to thin or thick it up.
You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)
This icing turned out perfectly, thank you so much for sharing it!
You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)
I loved your recipe! Exactly what I needed, thank you so much for sharing it ❤
You are so welcome! So happy to hear this🤗
Great technique, great recipe, great teaching, great results! You are awesome,
Thank you so much!
This was very helpful as this was my first time making icing and sugar cookies from scratch. Loved the tip for using a glass to get the icing into the bag! That definitely worked! The video presentation was easy to follow. The part about the consistency was also so helpful. My granddaughter had a great time helping! Thanks for sharing!
Tried this recipe tonight for our family annual cookie decorating party, turned out great & tasty!! Thxs so much!
Yay! I'm so glad everyone enjoyed it! :)
For anyone who likes the thicker dyes (mine is a paste) you can stop the icing a little thicker and use a bit of the milk to mix into the dye to turn it more liquid which will make it much easier to mix in😊
Great tip! :)
Wow. The drinking glass hack is going to be a life changer for me! Thanks!
You're welcome! Enjoy! :)
This is an awesome recipe and very tasty too. Thank you for sharing! You have the best food critic right there on your hip!❤️ HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thank you! I hope you love it! He seems to not be too particular if there’s a cookie involved. 🤣🤣
I love your recipe it’s help me a lot at my work thank you and bless you
My pleasure 😊
You came on just in time to help me answer various questions about this pretty frosting. 🤗✨😇✨💓
Glad it was helpful!
I tried this icing and it is great! Thanks for the recipe!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! :)
I have been looking everywhere and then I found this !
Thanks for sharinggg
You're welcome! Enjoy! :)
i have piping set, and can not wait to use it. Tracey from Austin Texas
I hope you have a lot of fun! :)
I always make my grandma’s sugar cookie recipe for Christmas in hopes it will make the holiday easier. I made them last year and I made a buttercream for them. It was good but also really sweet. I’m excited to try this.
I hope you love it!
Thank you! Similar to my receipe, I'm going to try the corn syrup. Mine calls for veg oil. Yours look great!
I hope you love it! :)
Using you bag straight up and down also gives more control so you can get right up to edges. If not, use your scribe to get all the way to edges. It always looks cleaner and neater
Perfect timing!! Going to make super cookies next week!! And some ginger bread brownies!!
I hope you love it!
Nice video! First time watching, your cookies are very pretty! I’ve subscribed, your little guy is darling!
Thank you so much! I hope you love all of the videos! :)
I have to tell you that this is the bomb! The icing was easy and flavorful (I used Almond flavoring). It took a while to get the consistency just right, but after was nice to use and easy to decorate. Plus I tend to shy away from the raw egg whites in the Royal icing. Thanks for you recipe. Keep up the great work.
I'm so happy you like it!
This is an excellent recipe! Super tasty and easy to make, thank you for sharing!!!
You’re welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed it!!😊😊
Your assistant or should I say quality control is very cute! Thank you for the recipe! What was the other recipe that you were talking about for more detail?
Thank you, thank you for this. I really was not looking forward to making royal icing haha. This is perfect♡
You'll like this one so much better ❤️
Thank you so much🎄Canr wait to try this🎁God bless you and your family 🙏🙌
I hope you love it! :)
I sometimes feel like you made the video just for me. LOL Yeah I'll just roll with that. ;-) I will probably give these cookies and frosting a try. I guess I better order the shapes soon if I want them for our Christmas! Another awesome video!
My sugar cookie icing which I got from my mom just uses powdered sugar and milk. The consistency is the same and it spreads easily. I may consider adding vanilla after watching this.
It adds a little extra flavor. I hope you like it! :)
Tested researched and perfected that's why I love her recipes 😁😁😁😁
Thank you! :)
Try a danish dough hook, mixes like a whisk but doesn’t bog down. Plus the handle is wooden and strong. Love this recipe!! Thanks for adding sift after you measure! ❤
I'll have to get one and try it! I hope you love the icing. :)
Cookie day for me today. Thank you for this helpful video!
Definitely easy going recipe will be trying it soon
I hope you love it! 😊
I'm a beginner and I definitely will try this out...seems easier than some of the others I have seen.
I hope you love it! :)
Hello Sam.
- So, if I want to do lots of decorations on my cookies of different colors, I can still do it with this icing BUT, I will have to wait till each color sets? Is that right?
For example, a Xmas tree ( Green ) with garland ( White ) over the Green & Xmax ornaments in 2 - 3 other colors.
Thank you.
♥
EDIT: 12-10, I made some Gingerbread cookies following your recipe also & made that icing. It harden/dried pretty quickly, so it was easy to put all the colors in the end. I wish I could share a pic of them. they look pretty good for a first-timer.
Sorry I didn't catch this earlier! As you found it starts to set quickly enough that it's not a super long process. You can always tag me on Instagram if you have one. I love seeing pictures. :) @Sugarspun_Sam
Totally happy to finally have this recipe. Thanks for your well done presentation.🎄🎄🎄
Enjoy! :)
Absolutely amazing for my son end of term christmas class party.
I hope everyone loves it!
Just happened onto your channel. I'm baking sugar cookies tomorrow and will definitely try this recipe. Thank you 🎄 and Merry Christmas!
I hope you love it! Merry Christmas! :)
You make it look so easy, so I will give it a go, cheers
I hope you love it! 😊
I will definitely try this recipe for my Sugar Cookies. Great video. Thank you for sharing! ❤💚
I hope you love it! :)
I will
try this recipe,I didn't want icing with egg white and extra white color.thank you so much! Happy holidays 🎄☃️✨
Hope you enjoy it! Happy holidays!
I've been looking for this kind of recipe too!! Thank you!!!
You're welcome! Enjoy! :)
New to your channel, thank you for the icing recipe. Thank you for sharing.
Welcome to the channel! Enjoy! :)
Love it and simple to make, thank you for sharing and have a wonderful day. :-)
Thank you! 😊
I bake roll-out sugar cookies every year as requested by my family but I may also try your recipe this year . 🤔
I hope you do and love it!
Thanks for sharing this recipe and that gorgeous little young man I think I'm going to have to try this
You’re welcome! I hope you love it!!
Love Sugar Spun Run recipes, especially your homemade biscuits. I will definitely try this one as well.
Thank you so much! I hope you love this one!
Thank you for making this so easy and simple.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank You. I'm going to try it tonight 😃
I hope you love it! :)
Good tips, but I'd like to try this with extra creamy oat milk instead of milk, and I would use almond extract instead of vanilla. I use the almond extract in my whipped cream frosting that I frost my chocolate angel food cake, and it just really adds something special to an already quite special cake. (Some years ago, big-name cake mix makers had a chocolate angel food mix, but it the cake it made wasn't nearly as good as that which one makes on their own using a 2-stop angel food mix...which is getting harder to find these days, too...the major brands don't seem to make a 2-step mix anymore.)
Ty for sharing. Going to try this recipe with my little one. We did it 2 years in a row making cookies and have yet to find the right icing that isn't so sweet.
I hope you love this one! :)
Thank you so much for this! I’ve decorated in the past & sent them to my son’s work…he told me that the icing ruined the taste of the cookie & they all went in the trash…that’s too much work for that to happen….I will definitely give this a try
I hope everyone loves it! 😊
Try lemon or orange extract instead of vanilla.
That makes me so sad.. I bet you they were delicious Denise 💗 best of luck making your cookies I hope they turn out great
Can’t wait to try this recipe!
I hope you love it! 😊
That help a lot Sam thank you bless to you nd your family
Thank you!
I have used this type of icing for quite a while and like it much better than royal icing.
It is soooo much easier too! : )
Thank you for sharing!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
You're welcome! Enjoy! :)
I'm going to put this to the test!
I hope you love it!
You are so professional.
I have tried and I put my short videos on my TH-cam channel.❤
This sounds perfect. I'm planning to make a gingerbread house and I don't want to use Royal icing. No one mentioned whether this icing will hold a house together, but I'm going to try!
I do recommend royal icing for gingerbread houses, but I hope it works for you!
I can't wait to try this!!! 😋 Thanks for the recipe.❤
I hope you love them! 😊
I have tried this method before but never got the right consistency. Will be try this on my Christmas cookies. Thanks
I hope you love it! It's easy to adjust by adding more sugar or milk depending on the consistency you are looking for. :)
your lil boy is so cuuuute
Thank you 🥰
A darning needle works well for a scribe tool as well.
hi how did you make your cookie so flat and very sharp% thanks so much for sharing..really appreciate it.
Always add a pinch of salt to give the icing flavor depth. 😉👍🏻
The glass is a great tip!! 😂 I cant wait to try this. My cookies end up looking like my dog did it😂
🤣
The liquid food color works the same. 👍
Did a comparison.... 😀
Oh good, it’s never quite vibrant enough for me.
I would really get some reusable pipping bags - They work wonders!!!
Great idea! I’ll have to get some. 😊
Did this last night, and it went great! Definitely go slowly when decorating if you are used to using royal icing on cookies. But so much easier than royal icing!
Question: could lemon juice or other flavorful liquid be used in place of milk? Trying to cut the sweetness a little.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! You can use lemon juice instead. It will impart a bit of the lemon flavor though so just be aware of that. :)
I did try it with fresh squeezed lemon juice AND added some lemon zest. It turned out delicious! The tart with the sweet icing and the sweet cookie was really special. Then I tried the same thing with lime, and then cranberry juice (no zest there, just 100% cranberry juice from Ocean Spray). These are all tart flavors so they came out great. I made lime-flavored Christmas trees (added some green), lemon-flavored snow men, and cranberry-flavored bells (added some red)!
these are great tips!!!! thank you!
You’re welcome!
Great video...Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
These cookies look good. I like that you use one cup of butter. One egg. I have piping gel can I use this instead of powdered sugar recipe?
You could use piping gel instead of the frosting if that's what you'd like to use. I'm not sure how it will set up or look as I'm not familiar with it.
Seeing this makes me want to do this with my kids with them being fancy.
It’s a lot of fun!
beautiful 😊
Yayyyy I'm trying this tonight :)
I hope you love it! :)
Thank you, I always intimidated by decorative icing. Two questions please: Do you have to refrigerate these due to milk? If not how long are they good for sitting out?
They don't need to be refrigerated. The sugar stabilizes the milk here. They are good for about a week in an air tight container at room temperature. :)
Aloha! 2 questions, 1. Can the icing be made ahead and put it freezer, if so for how long? 2. How much cookies can you cover with one batch?
Mahalo in advance!
I love this thank you so much
You’re welcome! Enjoy!
Can I use an electric mixer on low? I have arthritis and it would be hard for me to mix by hand. Love the simplicity of this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
I have used an electric mixer for decorator icing.
Seems easy enough. Thank you
You’re welcome 😊
Looks easy and tasty. Question, can the icing be frozen (on the cookie)? I would like to make some now, keep some out for hubby & myself, and freeze balance to be given for Xmas. Just make the icing once.
You can freeze the icing on the cookie. Enjoy! :)
Hi I tried without cornsyrup and it looks good tbh 😅
Planing on using this icing for cookie decoration party for kids. Do you think it will be okay to use small squishy bottles instead of plastic bags? Also, is it possible to make icing ahead of time?
Small squishy bottles will work just fine. If you make it in advance you will need to place plastic wrap directly against the surface so it doesn't dry out. :)
Wonderful video!!
Thank you very much!
Thanks mini slways were essed up
❤
This looks easy and tasty. Just wondering, you said you left them out on the counter over night. Won't the milk in the icing spoil?
No, it’s a small amount of milk and a large amount of sugar preservative. Please do what you are most comfortable with in your own kitchen though, always! 🩵
Thank you so much❤😂😊
Have you ever used this recipe to make an icing transfer for a cake? Just wondering how the syrup would be affected when putting the transfer into the freezer to harden before putting it on the cake. Thanks!
Unfortunately I haven't tried it so I can't really say for sure how it would go. I don't think the corn syrup will give you any issues but I really don't know if it would hold up when put on the cake. It could potentially work but without having tried it I'm just really hesitant to advise. :(
Thank you for sharing 👏
I have a question! is the corn syrup really needed? am I able to replace it with lemon drops since I''ve seen people use lemon drops in sugar cookie icing. I am a bit confused with it, will it spoil the milk?
anddd alsoo does it effect on the drying process or on the glowing effect/shine
You can leave the corn syrup out, but the icing won't dry quite as firmly and won't be shiny. You may need to add more milk. I'm not sure how the lemon would work.
@@SugarSpunRun well thank you for the reply! and thanks for the amazing recipe
Can I write words on the cookie with this icing as well or do you recommend doing something different? If so, what would you recommend for the writing part?
I want to put the cookies in small plastic bags for cute packaging. Will the frosting be ruined from the friction of plastic bag ?
Make sure the frosting hardens completely (overnight is ideal just to be super sure) then it will be fine in a bag :)
HIGH fructose corn syrup, most commonly HFCS 42 and HFCS 55, is a commercial food additive which is higher in Man-Made fructose formed by artificially using enzymes to covert the glucose derived from corn starch into fructose, but it doesn't actually bind to the remaining glucose chains and HFCS also contains water as a byproduct.
HFCS is not the same identical thing as naturally occurring fruit fructose (i.e. fruit pectin) -- and if anything it is more closely related to and more like sucrose EXCEPT minus the chemical bonding between glucose and fructose.
"HFCS 42 is mainly used in processed foods, cereals, baked goods, and some beverages. HFCS 55 is used primarily in soft drinks." (FDA)
Also, it is NOT the same thing as corn syrup/Karo (or 100 percent pure glucose).
That said, corn syrup is made with commercially grown corn with all the GMOs and pesticides -- and may even contain HFCS as an additive especially if the manufacturer wants to cheap out -- simply read the labels to find out -- but many if not most manufacturer's have actually stopped adding HFCS to their regular corn syrup due to overwhelming consumer demand.
"Honey is a common nutritive sweetener with an approximately one-to-one ratio of fructose to glucose. Fruit and nectar-based sweeteners may have more fructose than glucose, especially those that come from apples and pears." (FDA)