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Cookie Icing and Frosting Recipes

Cookie decorating? Allrecipes has all the cookie icing, frosting and glaze recipes you'll ever need to take your cookies to the next level.

Butter Icing for Sugar Cookies Recipe - Here's a terrific recipe for icing sugar cookies, no raw egg whites. For any recipes that require egg whites, you can purchase dried, powdered egg whites at cake-decorating supply stores that can be substituted in most recipes calling for the regular raw egg whites, then you can still lick the bowl!

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Butter Icing for Sugar Cookies

Here's a terrific recipe for icing sugar cookies, no raw egg whites. For any recipes that require egg whites, you can purchase dried, powdered egg whites at cake-decorating supply stores that can be substituted in most recipes calling for the regular raw egg whites, then you can still lick the bowl!

By Cali

Royal Icing I Recipe - Use this simple recipe with egg whites, confectioner's sugar, and lemon extract for perfect icing for your gingerbread houses!

Royal Icing I

Use this simple recipe with egg whites, confectioner's sugar, and lemon extract for perfect icing for your gingerbread houses!

By Diane

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Smooth Chocolate Icing Recipe - A simple and delicious chocolate icing. Great on top of my family's all-time favorite Truffle Cookies, the recipe for which can also be found on this site.

Smooth Chocolate Icing

A simple and delicious chocolate icing. Great on top of my family's all-time favorite Truffle Cookies, the recipe for which can also be found on this site.

By Linda Carroll

Videos to Watch

How to Make Cookie Icing

Sugar Cookie Icing

Sugar Cookie Frosting

Decorating Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookie Glaze Recipe - This glaze will dry to a hard shiny finish. Perfect as a base coat for cookies. Can be colored too; use as much food coloring as needed to create desired hue. Dries quickly.

Sugar Cookie Glaze

This glaze will dry to a hard shiny finish. Perfect as a base coat for cookies. Can be colored too; use as much food coloring as needed to create desired hue. Dries quickly.

By Cyndi

Royal Icing II Recipe - Meringue powder and confectioners' sugar are the base of this icing.

Royal Icing II

Meringue powder and confectioners' sugar are the base of this icing.

By Kristen Pontier

Glaze Icing Recipe - Adding some food coloring to this quick and easy recipe for glaze-style icing gives you all you need for successful cookie decorating.

Glaze Icing

Adding some food coloring to this quick and easy recipe for glaze-style icing gives you all you need for successful cookie decorating.

By Kay Gooding

Vanilla Glaze Recipe - This simple, five-ingredient recipe makes a delicious vanilla glaze for cookies.

Vanilla Glaze

This simple, five-ingredient recipe makes a delicious vanilla glaze for cookies.

By Jamie Langston

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Butter Frosting Recipe - Plenty of butter makes this rich frosting that goes great on any cookie.

Butter Frosting

Plenty of butter makes this rich frosting that goes great on any cookie.

By Desiree

Easy Creamy Icing Recipe - This icing is ideal for anise cookies. Separate it into several little bowls for lots of colors. Tint with a few drops food coloring. Use little paintbrushes to color. Kids will love it!

Easy Creamy Icing

This icing is ideal for anise cookies. Separate it into several little bowls for lots of colors. Tint with a few drops food coloring. Use little paintbrushes to color. Kids will love it!

By Jennifer

Sugar Cookie Icing Recipe and Video - This is a quick and easy frosting recipe using ingredients you most likely already have on hand. Use whatever food colors you like!

Sugar Cookie Icing

This is a quick and easy frosting recipe using ingredients you most likely already have on hand. Use whatever food colors you like!

By JBS BOX

Sugar Cookie Frosting Recipe and Video - Confectioners' sugar and shortening make a quick and easy frosting for your favorite cookies.

Sugar Cookie Frosting

Confectioners' sugar and shortening make a quick and easy frosting for your favorite cookies.

By Kathy Brandt

Chocolate Cookie Buttercream Frosting Recipe - Creamy frosting that tastes great on cookies or bars...especially Chocolate Cookies.

Chocolate Cookie Buttercream Frosting

Creamy frosting that tastes great on cookies or bars...especially Chocolate Cookies.

By Nancy Dorman

Butter Icing for Cookies Recipe - Perfect for cookies - not too soft - not too hard - just right.

Butter Icing for Cookies

Perfect for cookies - not too soft - not too hard - just right.

By Barbara

Royal Icing III Recipe - Use this quick and easy recipe for royal icing to use for decorating your gingerbread house or cookies this Christmas.

Royal Icing III

Use this quick and easy recipe for royal icing to use for decorating your gingerbread house or cookies this Christmas.

By Veronica

Glossy Royal Icing Recipe - Use this pure white royal icing to make professional-looking cakes and cookies.

Glossy Royal Icing

Use this pure white royal icing to make professional-looking cakes and cookies.

By BEVANGELISTA

Shiny Cookie Icing Recipe - Make a batch of easy colored frosting for decorating your sugar cookies. It sets up hard and shiny. Color the frosting with food coloring to your desired shade.

Shiny Cookie Icing

Make a batch of easy colored frosting for decorating your sugar cookies. It sets up hard and shiny. Color the frosting with food coloring to your desired shade.

By VeganCourtney

Gingerbread Frosting for Cookies Recipe - Cinnamon, cloves and ginger blended into confectioners' sugar make a frosting that's perfect for snickerdoodlges, gingersnaps, or any cookie you choose.

Gingerbread Frosting for Cookies

Cinnamon, cloves and ginger blended into confectioners' sugar make a frosting that's perfect for snickerdoodlges, gingersnaps, or any cookie you choose.

By allybaker22

Gingerbread Cookie Frosting Recipe - This is the recipe my mother uses to frost gingerbread cookies at Christmas.

Gingerbread Cookie Frosting

This is the recipe my mother uses to frost gingerbread cookies at Christmas.

By Alison Hendon

Healthier Sugar Cookie Icing Recipe - This healthier version of sugar cookie icing uses low-fat milk and leaves out the corn syrup, however it stills dries hard and shiny with bright colors.

Healthier Sugar Cookie Icing

This healthier version of sugar cookie icing uses low-fat milk and leaves out the corn syrup, however it stills dries hard and shiny with bright colors.

By MakeItHealthy

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Frosting Recipe - Chocolate chip cookie dough frosting, made without eggs, is rich topping for cupcakes or can be eaten with a spoon!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Frosting

Chocolate chip cookie dough frosting, made without eggs, is rich topping for cupcakes or can be eaten with a spoon!

By Denece Frisbie

Royal Icing Recipe - This icing is usually put on the wedding cake after the Almond Paste is applied.

Royal Icing

This icing is usually put on the wedding cake after the Almond Paste is applied.

By Carol

Icing for Sour Cream Cookies Recipe - This icing is delicious spread over cookies or cupcakes.

Icing for Sour Cream Cookies

This icing is delicious spread over cookies or cupcakes.

By Celeste

Egg Paint Recipe - This shiny paint is a nice alternative to frosting your cookies. Paint the cookies before you pop them in the oven!

Egg Paint

This shiny paint is a nice alternative to frosting your cookies. Paint the cookies before you pop them in the oven!

By Christie B

Egg Yolk Tempera Recipe - This makes a shiny gloss finish on most any cookie. It works best on light-colored cookies, like sugar cookie cutouts. Depending on the color you are going for, you will probably need between 2 and 8 drops of food coloring.

Egg Yolk Tempera

This makes a shiny gloss finish on most any cookie. It works best on light-colored cookies, like sugar cookie cutouts. Depending on the color you are going for, you will probably need between 2 and 8 drops of food coloring.

By LG Burnett

Perfect and Delicious Royal Icing Recipe - Use this quick and easy variation on royal icing to decorate cut-out sugar cookies with friends and family to celebrate the holiday season.

Perfect and Delicious Royal Icing

Use this quick and easy variation on royal icing to decorate cut-out sugar cookies with friends and family to celebrate the holiday season.

By RainbowJewels