Description
Sweet sugar cookie frosting brings delightful magic to classic homemade treats. Silky smooth layers of creamy icing create perfect decorative touches you will love adding to your favorite cookies.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 23 tbsps milk (or heavy cream)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (or almond extract for a different flavor)
- 1/8 tsp salt
- Gel food coloring (optional)
- Sprinkles (optional, for decorating)
Instructions
- Butter Preparation: Utilize a large mixing bowl and cream the softened butter using a hand or stand mixer at medium speed until achieving a silky, uniform texture, approximately 2-3 minutes.
- Sugar Integration: Methodically incorporate powdered sugar into the butter, adding one cup at a time while maintaining a low mixing speed to ensure complete blending.
- Liquid and Flavor Enhancement: Introduce milk, vanilla extract, and salt to the mixture, then whip on medium speed until the frosting transforms into a light, airy consistency. Adjust thickness by gradually adding milk, one teaspoon at a time, until reaching the ideal texture.
- Color Customization: (Optional) Partition the frosting into smaller containers and gently fold in gel food coloring, ensuring even distribution while preserving the frosting’s structural integrity.
- Cookie Embellishment: Apply the prepared frosting onto completely cooled sugar cookies, either by spreading smoothly or piping intricate designs. Embellish with sprinkles for additional visual appeal if desired.
- Setting Phase: Allow decorated cookies to rest at ambient temperature for approximately 30 minutes, permitting the frosting to slightly stabilize and set.
Notes
- Ensure butter is perfectly softened at room temperature for smooth, lump-free frosting – not melted or cold.
- Sift powdered sugar before adding to prevent clumping and create ultra-smooth frosting consistency.
- Add milk incrementally to achieve perfect spreading or piping texture – too much can make frosting runny, too little makes it stiff.
- Use gel food coloring for vibrant colors without disrupting frosting’s texture – liquid drops can thin out the mixture unexpectedly.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 20 g
- Sodium: 50 mg
- Fat: 3.5 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 0.5 g
- Cholesterol: 10 mg