No-Egg Icing Recipe - Cooking Index
4 cups | 792g / 27oz | Confectioners' sugar |
1/4 cup | 82g / 2.9oz | Light corn syrup |
1/2 teaspoon | 2.5ml | Vanilla extract |
Food coloring - (optional) |
Sift sugar into medium bowl. Add corn syrup, 3 tablespoons water and vanilla; and whisk to blend. Add more water 1 teaspoon at a time, until icing has a smooth, yet thick consistency. Tint with food coloring if desired.
Pipe decoratively onto cookies or thin with a little water and paint over cookies. (Keep icing covered with plastic wrap to prevent it from drying out.)
This recipe yields 1 1/3 cups.
Per Tablespoon: 100 Cal; 0g Prot; 0g Total Fat (0 Sat. Fat); 26g Carb.; 0mg Chol; 5mg Sod.; 0g Fiber.
Description:
"If you prefer to avoid eggs, this is a good choice for decorating cookies. It dries to a nice matte finish."
Source:
Vegetarian Times, September 2001
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