sugar cookies with icing. Fresh baked, hand-made, individually decorated real American cookies. Beat in corn syrup and almond extract until icing is smooth and glossy. If icing is too thick, add more corn syrup.

DIRECTIONS Stir the powdered sugar and the milk until smooth. Beat in corn syrup and vanilla until icing is smooth and glossy. If it's too thick, add more corn syrup. You can have sugar cookies with icing using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of sugar cookies with icing

It's 1 1/2 cup of softened butter.
You need 2 cup of sugar.
Prepare 4 of eggs.
It's 1 tsp of vanilla.
Prepare 5 cup of flour.
It's 2 tsp of baking powder.
It's 1 tsp of salt.
It's 2 cup of confectioners sugar.
Prepare 2 tsp of milk.
You need 1 of food coloring.

If frosting is too thick, add more milk, about a teaspoon at a time, until the frosting is thick but pipeable. If you accidentally add too much milk, add powdered sugar until desired texture is reached. Add milk a little at a time to reach desired consistency. Stir in food coloring to reach desired color.

sugar cookies with icing step by step

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar..
Beat in eggs and vanilla..
Stir in flour, baking powder and salt..
Cover and chill in refrigerator for at least 1 hour..
Roll out dough on flour-dusted surface to 1/2 inch thickness. Use cookie cutters..
Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet..
6-8 minutes in 400°F preheated oven..
Let cookies cool completely before icing..
Mix confectioners sugar and milk to make icing with desired food coloring. Adjust consistency of icing by added very small amounts of milk at a time..

Decorate cookies and allow icing to set. Colorful, glossy icing transforms plain sugar cookies into edible works of art. Ours is flavored with almond extract, but feel free to use vanilla or peppermint, or whatever flavor your heart. No need to cover the cookies as the cookies cool. The easiest way to decorate cookies with royal icing is to dip them.