Easy Lemon Icing

Name: Easy Lemon Icing
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 60 servings (enough for about this many cookies)
Ingredients: 2 ½ cups powdered sugar; ¼ teaspoon kosher salt; ¼ teaspoon pure lemon extract; ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice; 1/3 cup milk; Gel food coloring

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Prep Time
10 mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings
60 servings (enough for about this many cookies)
Calories
24 kcal
Course
Appetizer
Cuisine
American

Easy Lemon Icing

Iris Warren

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Whether you’re baking for a warm weather gathering, for friends or neighbors or simply baking just because, this Easy Lemon Icing is a simple, go-to recipe to make balanced sweet and tart icing for any cookies! Mix powdered sugar together with milk, lemon and vanilla extracts and lemon juice to make this icing. Make it vegan, too, with one simple switch! Perfect for cookies or to drizzle on cakes. Makes enough to ice 60 cookies.

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Ingredients

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2 ½ cups powdered sugar
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon pure lemon extract
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice freshly squeezed
1/3 cup milk non-dairy milk OK
Gel food coloring

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Instructions

Whisk together the powdered sugar, salt, lemon extract, vanilla extract, lemon juice and milk to create the icing.
Whisk until smooth, then separate out into individual bowls for coloring.
Once colored, set aside until time to ice the cookies.

Notes

Serving sizes on frosting is weird. This was able to frost about 60 cookies, so that's what I noted as far as serving size. You'll have less cookies if your cookies are larger.
Make it in advance! Whip up this icing, and store it in the fridge, covered, until it’s go time.
Color it! I made mine look springy since I used it to ice my Lemon Tea Cake Cookies, but you can color yours whatever combination of colors you’d like. This would be great for decorating patriotic cookies in the summertime or even icing Christmas cookies for a lemony zip!
Don’t worry if it’s a little runny. The icing is a thin icing, but it sets up nicely once on the cookies. If you’re concerned that it’s too runny, add a little more powdered sugar, but don’t add too much because that will make it too sweet. And I, personally, like the tartness this icing brings to the table.