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Simple Cookie Glaze

This simple glaze is the base for all of your cookie decorating needs. Apply it as a base coat to your sugar cookies. Then have a ball decorating them with colored Royal Icing.

About Susan Reid

Susan Reid has been at King Arthur Flour since 2001, combining her dual passions for words and food. After careers in advertising, in high-end restaurants, and as a Chef-Instructor at the New England Culinary Institute, she spends her time at King Arthur writing and editing the baking newsletter, The Baking Sheet, and teaching both on the road and at The Baking Education Center. She’s a contributor to the award-winning King Arthur Flour Baker’s Companion and The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion, and co-author of King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking.

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Ingredients

2¼ cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
2 tbsp light corn syrup
1½-2 tbsp plus 1 tsp milk
food coloring (optional)

How-to

In a small bowl, whisk together the confectioners' sugar, corn syrup, and 1½ tbsp of the milk until smooth
Add food coloring, if desired
Spread one cookie with glaze, using a table knife or offset spatula. If it doesn't smooth out after 1 minute, dribble in additional milk, ½ tsp at a time, until the glaze reaches the right consistency