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February 27, 2018 By Angela @ BakeItWithLove.com Leave a Comment

Sugar Cookie Frosting (that hardens)

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Sugar Cookie Frosting (that hardens)

Easy to make, super white Sugar Cookie Frosting (that hardens) sets up beautifully for storing and sharing your decorated cut out sugar cookies!

Easy to make, super white Sugar Cookie Frosting (that hardens) sets up beautifully for storing and sharing your decorated cut out sugar cookies!

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When you have been baking and decorating sugar cookies for as many years as I have, you come to really appreciate some staple recipes like this fantastic Sugar Cookie Frosting (that hardens)! The wonderful bonus of this frosting is that it will set up and harden, which means that you can stack your decorated cookies for storing, sharing, and shipping to loved ones!

We LOVE sharing our decorated cookies (and it gets them out of the house!), so being able to stack, freeze, package and even ship them out via mail is very important to us. Our royal icing that we use for sugar cookie decorating will also set up for these purposes, but sometimes you want a different look…or maybe you need to get something decorated quickly.

In the case of ease and speed, I usually like to frost my holiday cut out sugar cookies. I don’t have to wait as long to use my baked sugar cookies when frosting them vs using royal icing. Plus, this sugar cookie frosting hardens up and sets faster than royal icing.

This frosting is also an excellent choice for ultra or super white frosting, as your base is already white (vegetable shortening), so you won’t need any other methods of whitening your frosting. You can even replace buttercream frosting in cake decorating with our sugar cookie frosting, as it holds up well to high heat and humidity.

If the thought of using shortening doesn’t sound so appealing, remember to add some extra extract flavoring, and you really won’t be able to tell the difference!

*If you want to try to substitute some butter into this frosting (which would make it a buttercream frosting), you will change the resulting texture and the ability of this frosting to ‘set up’ for storing!

**We typically freeze our baked and decorated cookies, then stack them neatly with wax paper dividers before shipping them out to friends and family. They will thaw during transit, but it helps when paired with careful packaging!


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Last Updated: February 27, 2018

Sugar Cookie Frosting (that hardens) for sugar cookie decorating at any season!

Best Rolled Sugar Cookie Recipes

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Sugar Cookie Frosting (that hardens)

Course: Cooking with Kids, Dessert, Frosting
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 24 cookies (enough icing to decorate 2 dozen sugar cookies)
Calories: 124 kcal
Author: Angela @ BakeItWithLove.com

Easy to make, super white Sugar Cookie Frosting (that hardens) sets up beautifully for storing and sharing your decorated cut out sugar cookies!

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup shortening (we use Crisco, you can use butter flavored if desired)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract (or extract flavoring of choice)
  • 4 cups confectioners sugar (1/2 of a 2 lb bag)
  • 4 Tbsp heavy cream (2-4 Tbsp, start with 2 Tbsp)
  • food coloring (if desired)
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Instructions

  1. In the bowl of your stand mixer, or a large mixing bowl, combine the shortening and vanilla extract using the whisk attachment. Beat until well combined and a creamy consistency.

  2. Add the confectioners sugar and heavy cream in alternating amounts, starting with the first cup of confectioners sugar. Then add a drizzle of heavy cream (1/2 to 1 TBSP at a time), and alternate again until all of the confectioners sugar has been incorporated.

  3. Add enough heavy cream when alternating so that your stand mixer or handheld mixer can work with the frosting as it comes together (if the frosting is too stiff, add more liquid).

  4. The amount of liquid can vary greatly depending on your temperature and humidity (weather conditions). Use enough liquid to get a consistency that is typically thicker than store bought frosting, but that will still pipe or spread easily when applied to cookies.

  5. *Adding food coloring is optional, and you can add whatever type of food coloring you have on hand. For best results, use gel food coloring whenever possible.

Recipe Notes

*If you want to try to substitute some butter into this frosting (which would make it a buttercream frosting), you will change the resulting texture and the ability of this frosting to 'set up' for storing!

**We typically freeze our baked and decorated cookies, then stack them neatly with wax paper dividers before shipping them out to friends and family. They will thaw during transit, but it helps when paired with careful packaging!

Nutrition Facts
Sugar Cookie Frosting (that hardens)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 124 Calories from Fat 45
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5g 8%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Cholesterol 3mg 1%
Sodium 1mg 0%
Potassium 1mg 0%
Total Carbohydrates 20g 7%
Sugars 19g
Vitamin A 0.7%
Calcium 0.2%
Iron 0.1%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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