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Ginger × Jack O'Frost

❄️ Jack Frost Sugar Cookie Icing

The one that dries hard on top of a cookie, exactly the way Jack likes it.

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Recipe at a glance

⏱ 5 min, plus drying🍪 Makes enough for about 24 cookies🔥 NO COOK⭐ Easy

Prep time
5 minutes
Cook time
No cooking — plus drying time on the cookies
Makes
Enough for about 24 cookies
Chill / rest
Let the icing dry fully on the cookies
Difficulty
Easy

From Ginger's pantry

You'll need

  • 1 cup icing/powdered sugar
  • 2–3 tsp milk
  • 1 tsp light corn syrup or maple syrup
  • ¼ tsp vanilla
  • Optional: food colouring

Aprons on

Let's make it

  1. Stir the sugar, 2 tsp milk, syrup and vanilla until smooth.

  2. Add the remaining milk a few drops at a time until it flows slowly from a spoon.

  3. Divide and colour it if you like.

  4. Spread or pipe it onto completely cooled cookies and let the icing dry.

Cooking options

🥣 No Cooking Needed

Stirred together cold and spread onto completely cooled cookies.

In the kitchen

  • Ginger: “It should set on the cookie.”
  • Jack: “So it gets hard?”
  • Ginger: “Yes.”
  • Jack: “Finally. Proper frosting.”

Contains: Milk. Always check the labels on your own ingredients with a grown-up.

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