Best Easy Cookie Icing
Shiny, soft-bite icing that pipes and floods beautifully—no raw eggs, sets in hours. 5-minute decorating essential.
Ingredients
- For the Base Icing:
- 2 cups 240 g powdered sugar, sifted
- 2 tbsp 40 g light corn syrup
- 2 –3 tbsp whole milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅛ tsp fine sea salt
- Gel food coloring
Instructions
- Whisk sifted sugar + corn syrup + 2 tbsp milk + vanilla + salt until glossy.
- Adjust with milk or sugar for flooding (8–10 sec ribbon).
- Reserve ¼ cup; thicken with sugar for piping outlines.
- Color with gel; transfer to bottles/bags.
- Pipe outline, flood inside, add sprinkles.
- Air-dry 4–6 hours until hard to touch.
Notes
- Corn syrup = signature bakery shine.
- Gel colors only—liquid waters down.
- Store at room temperature for 2 weeks; re-whip before use.
- Vegan: agave + plant milk.
- For piping consistency: 10–12 sec ribbon.
- Dry overnight for perfect stacking.