Any baked goods should be not only tasty and aromatic, but also beautiful - both for aesthetics, and for appetizing, and to attract attention. Especially, in our opinion, this is important in the case of cooking something without filling. And in the business of decorating and improving the taste, icing for cookies will greatly help. Moreover, it can be very different, and its preparation is not too difficult and does not require much time.

White glaze

Let's start with the simplest, most well-known and popular recipe for cookie icing, which is also widely used to decorate biscuits, muffins and gingerbread. For her, you need to very carefully separate egg white, bring it to a foam with a mixer and add a little icing sugar without stopping to work as a mixer. Usually a glass of powder is taken for one protein, but the amount depends on how thick you need the icing for the cookies. If beautiful drips are required, stop at the introduction of three quarters of a glass; if you need a thick dense foam, then a glass and a half can go away.

Chocolate glaze

The second most popular method for decorating baked goods. And the first is inferior only because it is more difficult to prepare. However, Christmas cookies with icing are most often made from these ingredients. For her, a broken bar of chocolate (preferably bitter - milk will not give the desired thickness) is heated in a water bath with a quarter of a kilogram of powder, an incomplete spoonful of butter and a glass of milk. Stir continuously so that the main ingredient melts evenly. The cookies are poured almost immediately so that the icing does not freeze in the saucepan. It is not recommended to melt it a second time.

Honey coating

A very good and fast recipe for a honey-based cookie frosting. For her, a piece of oil of 50 grams is combined with two tablespoons of sugar (but it is better to take powder), the same amount of not too liquid natural honey and three tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice. The saucepan is placed on fire (until smooth). When the cookie frosting has cooled slightly and becomes viscous, it will smear over the baked goods. You can sprinkle nuts on top - it will turn out even tastier and more elegant.

Marmalade glaze

The recipe is not complicated, the result of such decoration is very beautiful, especially if you leave unmelted pieces. Also christmas cookies with multicolored marmalade glaze, children grab them faster than anything else, and such pastries look just great on the Christmas tree. The marmalade is cut into small pieces, folded into a ladle or mug, four tablespoons of sugar, 50 grams of butter and two full tablespoons of sour cream are placed there (all this is grams per 200 marmalade). Stir constantly; after ten minutes, when the mixture begins to thicken, the fire turns off. Cool down a little - you can color the cookies.

Creamy glaze

It turns out to be quite stringy, which is especially welcomed by those who want to use the icing for cookies for drawing. Oil is melted over low heat - four heaped spoons, a glass of sugar is poured into it and everything is boiled for five minutes until the liquid acquires a creamy hue. When the sugar is completely dissolved, the container is removed from the heat, 150 ml of cream is poured in, and the mass is whipped until light fluffiness. The vessel is returned to the fire again, its contents are boiled for about ten minutes, then cooled with stirring. At this stage, you can add vanilla. As soon as it gets cold and viscous - start drawing.

Coffee-chocolate-marshmallow glaze

For her, we take a glass of milk, heat it well and shake a teaspoon of good instant coffee. 100 grams of butter is heated in a saucepan, 100 grams of sugar is poured into it and poured coffee milk... The sugar will dissolve - a marshmallow in chocolate is laid, cut into cubes (three pieces are enough). To make it bloom better, it is pressed against the walls with a spoon. After the marshmallow is completely dissolved, the icing for the cookies is cooked for another quarter of an hour. Apply to baked goods while still warm.

Condensed milk glaze

We can say that it is almost an old way of making icing for cookies - our grandmothers still used it. Again, butter is heated (100 g), six spoons of sugar are poured into it, half a can of condensed milk is laid out. Condensed milk is better to take boiled - its consistency is denser. Plus a glass of clean water is poured and cream is poured - dry, three large spoons. After boiling, the mixture is cooked for another five minutes, only the gas must be screwed on. This cookie frosting is very delicate. If you want a "harsher" option, increase the amount of sugar to nine tablespoons and the boil time to a third of an hour.

Toffee glaze

Also an old recipe. However, it is interesting to this day, since the icing for candy cookies has a peculiar coffee color and comes out very viscous, but does not freeze as quickly as chocolate. Preparing is elementary: a quarter of a glass of milk with a slice of butter is heated, chopped toffee (about 200 grams) and a couple of tablespoons of powder are poured in, and with stirring, everything is cooked until smooth.

Orange glaze

Interesting in that it is not cooked - however, like all zirus varieties. Juice is squeezed out of the orange, it should turn out to be four tablespoons. The yolks are separated from five eggs, whipped with juice until a dense foam, after which one and a half glasses of powder are gradually added. Cookies covered with this mass are placed in the oven for five minutes.

Lemon glaze

The zest is removed from the citrus - very thinly, with small shavings. Juice is squeezed out of the rest. The zest is mixed with half a glass of powder, juice is poured into the mixture and the mixer is turned on until a dense thick foam is obtained. As you can see, even eggs are not needed here. This recipe makes the most suitable frosting for gingerbread cookies.

Lemon with honey

For such a coating, a tablespoon of thick honey is diluted with two tablespoons of hot (but not boiling) water. When it is completely dissolved, the liquid is poured into a glass of powdered sugar, stirred and brought on fire until the sugar dissolves. After removing, pour in two tablespoons of fresh lemon juice, knead the icing until smooth and apply to the cookies.

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Every kind of baking, be it luxury cakes, miniature cupcakes or original cookies, with glaze will not only look prettier, but will be even tastier. They will brightly decorate any festive table, and also become a unique gift for a family celebration. Quick-drying cookie frosting at home will certainly turn out to be very refined with an unsurpassed taste, you just have to choose correct recipe and reveal a few little secrets of its preparation.

Chocolate icing for cookies - a delicate tradition of craftsmanship

Almost all the recipes for cooking chocolate glaze for biscuits, consist of a certain amount of cocoa powder, fresh milk and butter. The last ingredient is used to add shine and softness to the finished product. Depending on how much each product is taken, and its properties are considered. So, you can get glaze of different consistency, softness, color and even gloss.

Powdered sugar is also added to the chocolate coating, which speeds up the process of obtaining the final product. Coconut flakes, chopped nuts and vanilla will add a special taste to the baked goods, as a result of which the baked goods will be as rich as possible.

You need to apply the icing on the cookies not too hot, otherwise it may ugly drain from the surface. finished baked goods... Also, you should not apply it very late, otherwise the glaze will lie unevenly with lumps and the appearance of the cookies will deteriorate significantly.

Chocolate icing for cocoa and milk cookies - a classic recipe

Ingredients:

1. Three tablespoons of milk;
2. Six teaspoons of cocoa powder;
3. Five tablespoons of granulated sugar;
4. Forty-five grams of butter;
5. Vanilla to taste.

Cooking method:

All ingredients must be mixed in a metal, best enameled small ladle, if not, then in a small saucepan. Everything should be gradually heated over low heat, stirring constantly. It may take 3-4 minutes or more. The readiness of the glaze is checked by a test drop, which we send from a spoon to a cold saucer. We immediately spread the prepared icing on the cookies so that it does not have time to freeze.

White cookie frosting - quick and easy

Ingredients:

1. Eight tablespoons of lemon juice;
2. Half a kilo of powdered sugar.

Cooking method:

Mix the lemon syrup with the powdered sugar in a small saucepan and set over low heat. You need to cook for several minutes until it is completely thickened. The icing is then immediately applied to the baked goods.

Colored icing for cookies - made by professionals

Colored glaze is often used not only by housewives at home, but also by professional pastry chefs in production. Such glaze, after hardening, retains well all of its even the brightest colors and hardens perfectly. It will perfectly complement the look and taste of any cookie, and can also be applied as a picture on cakes.

Ingredients:

1. One tablespoon of powdered sugar;
2. Two teaspoons of milk;
3. Food dyes;
4. Two teaspoons of sugar syrup
5. Almond extract.

Cooking method:

So how do you decorate cookies with icing? First you need to mix the icing sugar and milk, then add sugar syrup with flavoring and beat. When the glaze becomes shiny and smooth, stop the whipping process. Then we put the resulting mass in equal containers, add a certain dye to each. Now all that remains is to dip the cookies in the icing, or apply it to it with a special brush.

In addition to the types of confectionery coatings described above, there are also lemon, orange, and caramel glazes. The main thing is to show your imagination, and then your dish will be filled with bright colors and unusual taste!

Best Cookie Recipes step by step instructions with photo

700 g

12 minutes

490 kcal

5/5 (1)

What could be better homemade cookies? Crispy, aromatic, made from proven products, it seems to melt in your mouth ... And the finishing touch that will turn ordinary cookies into cooking masterpiece, will become their decoration. The easiest and fastest way is to fill with glaze or paint various patterns on baked goods with it. I understand the skepticism of many: I myself was sure that the glaze is long, difficult and “confusing”. However, a friend (by the way, a chef by profession) told how to make a very quick and plain glaze for cookies, and not one option, but three! You can cook them together with the children, entrusting them then to decorate the pastries. Well, are we starting to cook?

Protein icing for cookies

Kitchen appliances

To prepare and decorate baked goods with icing, you need a blender or mixer, as well as a piping syringe or piping bag.

Complete list of ingredients

Sometimes it is advised to add 0.5 tsp to such a glaze. starch, but I do it without it - it turns out no worse, especially if you need glaze for pouring.

How to choose the right ingredients

• Be sure to check the freshness of the egg: immerse it in water - if it “lays down”, everything is in order.
• Be afraid to use raw proteins - replace them with dry ones, diluting according to the instructions (usually one part powder to seven parts water).
• It is better to make powdered sugar yourself by grinding sugar in a coffee grinder. If you use a purchased one, pay attention to the grind: the smaller the better.
• Lemon juice can be substituted citric acid diluted in water.

The cookie frosting I propose has several benefits:

1. it is fast drying, especially when applied in a thin layer;
2. prepared from simple and affordable ingredients;
3. does not require much experience to decorate baked goods;
4. is different pleasant taste and a comfortable consistency.

This recipe can be called basic: add a little water to it - and you get great option for filling; increase the amount of powder - and a thick glaze for drawing small details is ready. Please note that such glaze should be stored in a sealed container, in a bag or wrapped in a damp towel - it dries up in the air and begins to crumble.

Step-by-step recipe for making protein icing for cookies

Protein glaze preparation video

Sugar icing for cookies

• Cooking time: 20 minutes.
• Servings: this amount is enough to decorate 1 kg of cookies.
• Kitchen appliances: mixer.

Complete list of ingredients

Icing sugar video

If you want to make such a frosting, take a look at the following video, which shows the whole process step by step.

Chocolate icing for cookies

This is another decoration option that is great for a variety of baked goods.

• Cooking time: 15 minutes.
• Servings: this amount is enough to decorate 900 g of cookies.
• Kitchen appliances: plate.

Complete list of ingredients

A step-by-step recipe for making icing sugar

When the icing has cooled down a bit, you can use it to decorate baked goods.

Chocolate glaze preparation video

Take a look at the following video, which shows you how to make this frosting.

Glaze preparation options

• Using the first two of the recipes above, you'll quickly make a white cookie frosting. She looks great on New Year's baked goods as well as on or Chrysanthemum cookies. But in preparation for children's holiday Colored icing for cookies is also useful, which can be prepared according to the same recipe. At the very end of cooking, add a little color - food or natural. If you use dry mixtures, first dilute the pigment in water (a couple of tablespoons is enough), but gels can be added directly to the glaze. As for natural dyes - raspberry jam or syrup will give pink color, turmeric will give yellow and orange.

• To make the chocolate glaze more shiny, pour a tablespoon of vodka into it.
• For decoration, you can use chocolate icing prepared according to this recipe: mix cocoa powder and powdered sugar (4 tablespoons each), pour in 2 tablespoons. l. water, stir again. Add 40-50 g quality hard margarine, then heat the mixture over low heat until smooth.
• If you want to use the glaze for the glaze, thin it a little with water.

How to decorate and glaze cookies

• To make your baked goods really beautiful, first of all think about what patterns you will paint with icing. You can create a sketch on paper - this way the work will go faster.
• When starting to decorate, first outline the frosting around the edge of the cookie. When it is dry, fill it with fill, if provided by the sketch. The filling is dried at room temperature, but if you wish, you can also in the oven, at a temperature of up to 80 degrees (by the way, Salmonella also dies with it).
• Start drawing with large details, and draw small ones at the very end, with a fairly thick glaze.
• It is very convenient to pour the icing into a piping bag or a bag with a cut off corner - this makes it very easy to squeeze out.
• Let the previous layer of glaze dry before applying the next one.

• In no case do not add protein to the powder, just the opposite: this way you can regulate the consistency of the mass.
• Use the mixer at minimum speed, otherwise there will be unnecessary air bubbles in the glaze.
• Store unused mass in the refrigerator.

Glaze is the simplest and quick way decorate the cookies. How do you prepare it? Let us know in the comments!

Delicious cookies - simple recipes with photo

A cost-effective recipe for making a simple protein glaze for decoration different types cookies with photo and video recipes.

15 minutes

400 kcal

5/5 (4)

You can enjoy any cookie with tea and get a gustatory pleasure from it, but if it is also decorated beautifully, then not only the stomach, but also the eye rejoices. Sometimes this is vital for cookies - try to imagine Easter cakes without a familiar to us white glaze and powder, and you will get an ordinary bread, which will no longer have that mood of the Easter holiday at all.
But if white icing is added on top of the cookies (you can make a multi-colored, or even black) - you already have an exquisite delicacy in front of you. Another of the advantages of using glaze, in addition to its aesthetic appearance, is that it hardens well and forms a protective layer, therefore, thanks to it, the cookies remain fresh longer than usual. In addition, there are very few ingredients for it, they are inexpensive, affordable, and cook very quickly from them.

Kitchen appliances: mixer.

Ingredients

For this amount of powdered sugar, it is best to take a small egg, otherwise add more powder.

Cooking glaze step by step

1. Ingredients for this step:
   - egg white - 1 pc Carefully separate the white from the yolk and beat the white with a mixer or blender at low speed until foam appears.
   
2. Ingredients for this step:
   - icing sugar - 150 g;
   - lemon juice - 1 tsp We continue to beat the protein, gradually adding sifted powdered sugar.
   
   
3. Ideally, the mass should increase by 2-3 times.
   
   
4. The speed at which you beat the icing for the cookies will determine how thick the icing is.
   
   
5. Remember to add lemon juice at the end and stir. It will give your glaze a shine and sparkle in the light.
   

6. Did you know? If you planned to make a thick frosting, and it came out thin, then continue to add more powdered sugar while whisking.
   If it's the other way around, add liquids (water or milk).

   
   

Other icing options for decorating cookies

In general, the preparation of glaze is so simple that there are a great many different recipes. Some do not whip the egg white, then the glaze turns out to be not so lush, others do without protein at all and replace it with any liquid. Even with just water and icing sugar, you can make a great icing.

Did you know? If you want your cookie frosting to dry quickly, thicken it.

You don't have to use commercially available dyes that can be harmful to your health to make a colored cookie frosting; you can use natural dyes. Beet juice will color your frosting pink, turmeric or carrot juice- in shades of orange, broccoli or spinach juice will give green color, and juice red cabbage - blue and blue colors... What if you need chocolate icing for cookies, then you can use a little melted chocolate or cocoa.
For some reason, glaze is very rarely made from yolks, but it gives a very beautiful yellowish tint, and no additional dyes are needed.

Important! For safety reasons, do not forget to bake cookies with yolk icing on it in the oven at 100 degrees, so you will definitely be protected from salmonella, which dies at 70 degrees Celsius.

If you don't know how to icing cookies without special equipment, such as a syringe or a piping bag, you can use a simple cellophane bag or a plastic bag with a zipper. To do this, fill it with glaze, move it all to one corner, cut off this corner to get a hole of the required diameter, and start decorating. You will have a wonderful icing on the cookies. Another option is to use a thin brush.

Video recipe for making white icing for cookies

In this video you can see how protein glaze for cookies. The recipe here is very similar to mine. You can also clearly see here how to decorate gingerbread cookies with icing.

There are processes in the preparation of each dessert that can be omitted (the delicacy will not suffer much from this), but if you are not too lazy, then eaters will receive not only gastronomic, but also aesthetic pleasure. So, the icing for the cookies will give homemade cakes individuality and unique beauty.

Such glaze is easy to prepare and hardens quickly enough after being applied to cookies, but there is a limitation in color. It can be, like chocolate, dark brown, light brown (from milk chocolate) and white. Fondant color from white chocolate can be changed with fat-soluble food colors, but they are unlikely to be found in the regular kitchen.

So, dark (milk or white) chocolate icing is made from:

• 100 g of chocolate;
• 60 ml of milk;
• 10 g butter;
• 250 g icing sugar.

Step by step cooking:

1. Make a steam bath. Pour milk into a bowl over boiling water and put a piece of butter in it.
2. When the butter has melted, add a finely crushed chocolate bar. After all three ingredients have become a homogeneous liquid mixture, sift through the powder. Mix diligently.

Strawberry recipe

A bright, rich berry fudge for covering gingerbread, donuts, and cookies can be made with fresh or frozen berries. Raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, cranberries, or, as in this example, strawberries are suitable for preparing the glaze in this way.

For berry glaze based on strawberries, take:

• 200 g finely ground powdered sugar;
• 100 g fresh or frozen strawberries;
• 15-30 ml of drinking water.

Sequence of work:

1. Blend the washed and dried berries with a blender into a homogeneous mass, which should then be filtered through a sieve to sift out the seeds and remaining whole berry fibers.
2. Add hot water to the sifted icing sugar and mix. Then pour in small doses and rub the berry base with a spoon. Strawberry puree is needed so that all the powder dissolves, and the fondant becomes shiny and uniform, but at the same time viscous and thickish.
3. You should use the berry glaze immediately, because during storage the fermentation process may begin, which is fraught with digestive problems.

How to make vanilla frosting?

Each fondant has its own characteristics. For example, glaze for gingerbread cookie may have a neutral taste, since the aroma and taste of ginger does not need to be supplemented, and a fragrant vanilla frosting can be prepared for regular sugar cookies.

To make vanilla glaze you need to take:

• 270 g icing sugar;
• 13 ml of milk;
• 5 g butter;
• 3 g table salt;
• 2 g vanillin powder.

Preparation:

1. V microwave oven melt a piece of butter with milk.
2. Add salt, vanilla and sifted icing sugar to the hot creamy milk mixture. Stir the mixture until smooth and you can start baking.

Cooking with caramel and salt

Delicious sticky caramel, cooked at home, can even make the usual shortbread not only tasty, but also beautiful if you plant it with a pastry bag. The salt added to the caramel frosting will reduce the sweetness of the fudge and add an extra touch of flavor.

For salted caramel glaze you will need:

• 125 ml cream cow's milk, fat content 33%;
• 30 g butter;
• 165 g granulated sugar;
• 65 ml of purified drinking water;
• 3-5 g of coarse sea salt to taste.

How to make cookie frosting caramel:

1. In a small container, heat it almost to a boil, but, in no case, do not boil the cream and butter. At the time of adding to the caramel, these products should be as hot as possible.
2. Combine water and sugar in a separate saucepan. First, cook the syrup over low heat until the sugar dissolves, then increase the heat and cook without stirring (you can only tilt it slightly from side to side) until a beautiful caramel color.
3. After reaching the desired shade, pour hot butter and cream into a saucepan, salt and quickly stir the mixture with a whisk until smooth. Return the caramel for a couple of minutes to the fire to boil until the desired thickness.
4. Transfer the caramel to a glass container for later storage. After a few hours of cooling, you can start decorating the cookies.

Colored icing for cookies

A nondescript cookie can be turned into an original greeting card with a slight movement of a confectionery cornet filled with colored glaze. Thus, uncomplicated pastry can become an exclusive gift that will be easy to make even for a schoolchild.

The composition of the colored glaze contains only four ingredients:

• 1 chicken egg white;
• 150-200 g of finely ground powdered sugar;
• 15 ml lemon juice;
• food coloring of the desired color.

The process for making sweet cookie dyes:

1. Into clean, fat-free (for example, lemon juice) pour in a small bowl of protein. Then sift the icing sugar into it in small portions and rub with a fork (silicone spatula or false). The use of a mixer in this case is unacceptable.
2. When the icing is of the required consistency, add lemon juice to it and divide the total mass into separate portions, each of which is painted in the desired color food coloring... To make the already colored glaze thicker, you should mix the powder into it, so that the fudge becomes thinner - add a little water.

Food coloring is the easiest way to color cookie frostings. If they are not there, then turmeric will help to achieve a bright orange color, green - spinach, red - beets, purple - lavender petals.

How to make from marmalade?

Multi-colored icing with different fruit flavors can be made from ready-made marmalade. From such a multi-colored glaze, it will be possible to create whole stained glass windows on cookies. A monochromatic coating with pieces of undissolved marmalade will also look very nice.

Proportions of ingredients for gummy glaze:

• 200 g marmalade;
• 80 g sugar;
• 50 g butter.

We cook in the following way:

1. Cut the gummies into smaller random pieces. Add sugar butter and chopped marmalade into a small bowl of suitable size.
2. Build a steam bath on the stove and place a container with prepared ingredients on it. Warm up everything until the sugar is completely dissolved and a more homogeneous state is achieved (with or without undissolved pieces of marmalade).
3. Remove the glaze from the stove and, after cooling down a little, cover the baked goods with a warm mass.

Simple icing sugar

No matter how many recipes for various confectionery sweets are in the hostess's arsenal, you should know how to make icing for cookies from a minimum set of products that can help out in any unforeseen situation.

Simple icing sugar contains:

• 200 g icing sugar;
• 60 ml of drinking water.

Preparation:

1. Combine the powder with water and heat over low heat until smooth and homogeneous. When warming up the glaze, it is imperative to stir it constantly with a wooden or silicone spatula.
2. Hot sugar fudge decorate ready-made biscuits... This same coating can be used for gingerbread and buns.
3. For a pleasant rum flavor ¾ part of the water can be substituted with rum. This glaze can be eaten by adults and children, since all alcohol will evaporate under the influence of heat.