Best Sugar Cookie Frosting (Stackable Recipe) + Video
Sugar Cookie Frosting is soft and sweet! This delicious homemade buttercream cookie frosting will take your holiday cookies to the next level.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- pinch salt
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Gel food coloring
Garnish
- Sprinkles
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter with an electric mixer. Add in 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 Tablespoons milk, and a pinch of salt. Beat to combine.
- Add in another cup of powdered sugar, the almond extract, and vanilla extract. Beat to combine.
- Add in an additional cup of powdered sugar. Mix until well combined and smooth. Add additional powdered sugar or milk to get the right consistency.
- Stir in gel food coloring.
- Spread or pipe frosting onto your sugar cookies. Top with sprinkles immediately. Allow it to harden before stacking.
Video
Notes
If you are using multiple colors of food coloring for your cookies, tightly cover your additional frosting with plastic wrap so that it doesn’t dry out.
If your bowl of frosting starts to get hard, add a small amount of milk and mix to get the consistency back to the way you like it.
I recommend sifting your powdered sugar to keep your frosting smooth.
The round cookies were made using a Wilton 2D piping tip and a 12 inch piping bag.
The Christmas tree cookies were made using a Wilton 21 piping tip with a coupler in a 12 inch piping bag.
The fastest way to ice the cookies is probably making a round or square shaped cookie, and using an offset spatula to spread the frosting on.
Why won’t my sprinkles stay on? The frosting may have hardened a little bit before you put the sprinkles on. Tap the sprinkles into your cookie frosting, using a flat hand. This should press the sprinkles softly into the frosting.
Store in an airtight container for about 3 weeks.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 68cal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 1mg | Sugar: 12g | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 1mg