Straightforward Sugar Cookie Frosting

Unfold or pipe this buttercream-style sugar cookie frosting onto any of your favourite sugar cookies! This frosting is ideal for coloring for any seasonal or vacation adorning and crusts up for gently stacking your completed cookies.

The proper sugar cookie frosting

I’ve to admit one thing: I’m not excellent at adorning cookies with royal icing.

If I’m doing actually primary adorning on gingerbread cookies then I can type of handle, however in any other case…it’s simply not cute.

So as a substitute I wish to make this sugar cookie frosting. It’s a buttercream-style frosting, just like my do-it-yourself buttercream frosting, however good for utilizing on any of your favourite sugar cookies.

The frosting has the right sweetness with loads of scrumptious vanilla taste and a lightweight, fluffy texture. It’s an excellent complement to the whole lot from simple sugar cookies to your favourite minimize outs.

Easy methods to make my sugar cookie frosting

In case you’ve made any of my frosting recipes prior to now, you already know the drill for making this sugar cookie frosting. This one is simply as simple to make — simply designed for utilizing on cookies as a substitute of cake!

Substances you’ll want

To make this frosting, you’ll need:

• 1 ½ cups room-temperature unsalted butter
• 5 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
• 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2-3 tablespoons milk or heavy cream
• Meals coloring (elective)

Earlier than getting began, be sure that your butter is softened to room temperature. In case you forgot to set it out forward of time, I’ve some recommendations on the best way to soften butter shortly.

When measuring powdered sugar (a.okay.a. confectioners’ sugar), use the identical fluff, scoop, and sweep methodology as when measuring flour. This gives you a extra correct measurement (though essentially the most correct is to make use of a scale to weigh your substances!).

In case you plan so as to add meals coloring, I like to make use of gel meals coloring.

For a pure white frosting, use clear vanilla extract (clear vanilla taste) as a substitute of pure vanilla extract.

You too can swap the vanilla for different taste extracts, reminiscent of almond extract, peppermint extract in the course of the holidays, or lemon extract for a springy taste.

Making this recipe

Seize a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or an electrical hand mixer and enormous bowl. Cream the softened butter on medium-high pace for about 6 minutes, scraping down the edges of the bowl as wanted.

With the mixer on low, progressively add the powdered sugar. Combine till effectively mixed.

Add the vanilla and a couple of tablespoons of milk or cream. Combine on low till effectively mixed. In case you want a thinner frosting, add extra cream or milk a splash at a time.

As soon as the frosting is the consistency you want, enhance the mixer pace to excessive and beat the frosting for one more 5 minutes, till it’s clean and fluffy.

I do know this looks like quite a lot of mixing, however I promise it’s the key to essentially the most good frosting!

So as to add meals coloring, add the coloring to the whole batch of sugar cookie frosting or divide the frosting into smaller bowls for a number of colours. Begin with simply 1-3 drops of meals coloring; combine and add extra coloring if wanted. Keep in mind, you may at all times add extra however you may’t take it out!

Now your frosting is prepared for your entire favourite cookie recipes!

Utilizing this frosting

This sugar cookie frosting is the right accompaniment to my no-spread sugar cookies. You may unfold it onto the minimize outs with a butter knife or small offset spatula or pipe it on utilizing piping luggage and ideas.

For Halloween, I like to make use of this frosting to make monster sugar cookies. Throughout Christmas, I usually use it to make snowflake sugar cookies. You actually can get fairly cookies with out quite a lot of effort!

In case you aren’t making cut-out cookies, you should utilize this sugar cookie frosting on sugar cookie bars, my simple bitter cream sugar cookies, or my favourite chocolate chip cookie cake.

This frosting will type a crust, so you’ll want to add any sprinkles or sanding sugar straight away so they’ll stick.

Make-ahead and storage ideas

In case you’re internet hosting a cookie-decorating occasion, you can also make this sugar cookie frosting forward of time to make your occasion prep even simpler.

Retailer the frosting in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 1 week or within the freezer for as much as 1 month. If frozen, let the frosting thaw within the fridge in a single day.

Earlier than utilizing the frosting, let it come to room temperature. Whip it with an electrical mixer for a couple of minutes to revive the feel earlier than spreading or piping onto your cookies.

As soon as the cookies are adorned, this frosting does crust up barely. After the crust types, you may gently stack the cookies, separating the layers with sheets of parchment paper.

Retailer frosted cookies in an hermetic container at room temperature for as much as 5 days.

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