Here is my favorite sugar cookie frosting. It is smooth creamy and oh so delicious! I promise you it really does make the very best sugar cookie.
I use this simple sugar cookie icing recipe all year round for any special event that I want to take sugar cookies to. This frosting for sugar cookies is great to spread on nice and thick with a knife on easy sugar cookies. or if you like cut out cookies this is the best sugar cookie recipe. So soft and buttery!
You will find this sugar cookie frosting has way more flavor than a cookie glaze with corn syrup. Some might call this sugar cookie icing. While this frosting will crust so you can stack the cookies it remains soft and delicious, unlike royal icing that gets hard. This sugar cookie frosting is more like a yummy buttercream frosting. You will not be disappointed!
Sugar Cookie Frosting Ingredients & Supplies
- powdered sugar
- unsalted butter
- milk or cream
- vanilla extract
- creme bouquet flavoring
- gel food colorings (liquid food colorings don’t work well for this recipe)
- butter knife or piping bag
- sprinkles for decorating
NOTE: Creme Bouquet is a wonderful flavoring. It has vanilla, almond, and hints of citrus. It is often called “wedding cake” flavor.
In a large bowl whip the ingredients together with an electric stand mixer or hand mixer. You can add more powdered sugar or milk to adjust the consistency.
Add any color of food coloring and sprinkles for the prettiest cookies that taste amazing! You will have the perfect sugar cookie.
Sugar Cookie Icing VIDEO
Whether you call it frosting or sugar cookie icing this recipe is a keeper. I am confident it will become a family favorite. It is at our house!
Sugar Cookie Frosting Recipe
Sugar Cookie Frosting
Ingredients
- 2/3 Cups Butter
- 1/2 Cups Milk
- 2 Lbs. Powder Sugar
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
- 1/2 Teaspoon Creme Bouquet gives the frosting amazing flavor
Instructions
- Beat with electric mixer until smooth.
Nutrition
Sugar cookies make such a nice treat. Package a few up and give to a friend.
It can also be piped on to make the cutest Christmas cookies. Be sure to use my favorite cut out sugar cookie recipe. They are the best sugar cookies. It is a versatile frosting that makes a great cookie icing. Once you try it, it will definitely become your go-to recipe for cookie frosting!
You will have to try to not eat it with a spoon. I do believe the creme bouquet flavoring mentioned in the recipe makes it super tasty.
More Cookies
If you love cookies as much as my family you might try these recipes:
- Sugar Cookie Bars
- Super quick cake mix snickerdoodles
- Yummy butterscotch gingerbread cookies.
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecakes
- Do you like cookie dough? Here is a round-up of the best cookie dough desserts.
- Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
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Does anyone know if this frosting gets a little crusted over if you let it set out, like dries a little to where you can stack them? Thank you!
Does this frosting set up hard enough so the cookies can be stacked with waxed paper for shipping?
Sugar cookies are my absolute favorite. Can’t wait to try this frosting recipe. Found you at the Link Party Palooza.
Does the icing get hard so you can stack the cookies?
I use to have a cookie icing that was applied soft, after drying it would become just a hint of stiff, not so delicate. Then once you bit into the cookie it is soft like buttercreamm. Is this icing do that. I love the recipe and can’t wait to make it. I will be getting creme bouquet. How much do you usually add for a standard recipe and can you add it to any flavor icing. Thank you.
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Shelly and Stephanie I added a link above in the recipe. It is a yummy flavoring with hints of almond, vanilla and citrus. Soooo good.
Creme Bouquet also makes the most delicious buttercream frosting for cakes.We call it our secret weapon.
You can also get it at Sweet Baking Supply
I have added the link above to creme bouquet. It is a wonderful flavoring….a hint of almond, vanilla and citrus. It has that wedding cake flavor.
where do you find crème bouquet, I have never heard of this!?
Crème Bouquet is a flavoring. You can get it on Amazon.com
Creme Bouquet is a flavour enhancer.
It has tones of vanilla, citrus, almond, and butter, and is quite strong, so use only the amount listed in the recipe.
You can purchase it at cake supply stores or Amazon, or go to Wilton.com and get a home recipe on the discussion boards.
Same question as Stephanie… what is creme bouquet?
What is creme bouquet