I've used this recipe a few times now. And I love it. I just want to leave a note about the vanilla. It seems that when using real vanilla extract 1 teaspoon is plenty and when using imitation vanilla the tablespoon is more appropriate. Thanks to everyone else who rated this first or I might not have figured out what was wrong.
This recipe is good yet, I made some adjustments to make it better. Instead of butter I used cream cheese the icing seemed to hold together better and I used almond flavoring in place of vanilla. After my slight adjustments I can then make this icing thick enough for cinnamon rolls or thin enough to 'paint' my christmas cookies. Thanks for the submission.
This was a wonderfully simple icing recipe. Instead of using the full tablespoon of vanilla I used just 1 tsp of almond flavoring and it turned out great, especially when paired with the cream cheese sugar cookies recipe from this site. Add a few drops of different colors, spoon into a ziploc baggie and I was good to go. After about 2-3 hours the icing hardened enough to stack the cookies.
I usually read the reviews first and boy do I wish I had this time! I was in a hurry so used 1 TBSP of Pure Vanilla Extract... Oh My Gosh! I added Cherry Flavoring to try to hide the vanilla taste as well as more margarine and powder sugar. Definitely NOT 1 TBSP of Vanilla! It was alright besides the strong strong vanilla taste. Seems to set o.k. Pretty glaze w/red food coloring.
the flavor is good but it didn't harden like i wish it would. the icing smeared after i placed the cookies in their bags...
This recipe was fast and turned out very creamy. However it calls for WAY too much vanilla. Half the amount is a better guess.
Great recipe! I doubled the batch, only used 2 tsps of Vanilla (total) and subbed half-n-half for the milk (it makes the frosting stiffer). also in a double batch, I only used 2 1/4 cups confectioner's sugar. Frosting dried with in an hour, looks great, tastes even better!
The whole tablespoon of vanilla was too much-and without the foodcoloring it makes brown icing. I would lessen the vanilla to a tsp. not a whole tablespoon.
This is an easy and yummy recipe for frosting. It is a little too heavy on the vanilla so I cut it back.
