Surely, on the Internet or at Christmas markets, you saw iced cookies, gingerbread or other pastries that looked almost like works of art. As a rule, icing sugar is used as such a decoration. Today I will tell you how to quickly and skillfully cook such beauty!

Ingredients

• egg white 1 pc.
• icing sugar 150 g
• lemon juice 1 teaspoon

Preparation

To prepare the glaze, we need only two main ingredients - egg white and powdered sugar. From one large egg, a fairly large amount of glaze is obtained, which is enough for a good kilogram of cookies. Wash the egg thoroughly with soap. Separate the egg white from the yolk very carefully. Beat the protein with a mixer at a low speed, whisk or fork. Whipping the protein into a lather is not our goal. It is necessary that the protein only becomes a homogeneous liquid mass.

Now add lemon juice, from which the icing will shine and shine a little in the light, and mix. The glaze is ready. Further, if you need glaze of different colors, then we divide it into different containers and add food coloring. I am using Americolor gel color. The amount is determined from what intensity you want the color to be.

Glaze can be drawn as dots, lines, or fill the entire surface of the cookie. To prepare the mixture for pouring, add a few drops of water to the glaze and mix. If the icing is still thick, then add more water and so on until the required consistency is reached - it must be liquid enough to spread over the surface of the cookie. We do the fill as follows: first, draw a line around the perimeter of the future fill with a thick glaze, and then fill the inner space with a thinner glaze. We spread our mass into pastry bags. You can use regular bags if you don't have piping bags or a piping syringe.

Cut off the edge and start drawing. The main thing is not to be afraid to do this. Such cookies will still decorate any tea party and will look very elegant! I have quite a bit of talent as an artist, but I think it turned out pretty good.

Look at the photo, some of the cookies are decorated with dots, and the cloud in the foreground is almost completely filled. The glaze dries in different ways: thick in 30 minutes, liquid under the filling dries for a couple of hours at room temperature. If a thick layer of glaze was laid on the biscuit, then the time increases. In a couple of days, the glaze will dry for sure!

Surely, on the "Internet" or at Christmas markets, you saw iced cookies, gingerbread or other pastries that looked almost like works of art. As a rule, such glaze is used icing or, in other words, icing sugar. Today I will tell you what it is and how to cook it quickly and cleverly.

Icing(English "Royal icing", translated as "royal icing") - protein drawing mass for decorating desserts and all kinds of pastries. The mass can be white or colored when food colors are added to it. I will do icing, which will be used as a glaze for and.

Ingredients

• egg white 1 PC.
• powdered sugar 200 g
• lemon juice 1/2 tsp

To prepare icing, we need only two main ingredients - egg white and powdered sugar.

Preparation

We prepare all the necessary ingredients. Wash the egg thoroughly with soap. Separate the egg white from the yolk very carefully.

Add sifted icing sugar to the protein. It is imperative to sift, there may be sugar crystals in the powder that must be removed. Otherwise, in the future, they can slightly interfere with the work, clogging the cut corner of the pastry bag.

Beat with a mixer or blender with a whisk attachment at a slow speed for 2 minutes. The glaze will gradually begin to turn white due to protein oxidation. Next, add half a teaspoon of lemon juice, from which the icing will shine and shine a little in the light, and beat again for 3 minutes. The sugar-protein mixture will become a thick, homogeneous, white mass.

Actually icing almost ready. The glaze dries quickly, so if you are not going to work with it for the next few minutes, then it is better to cover it with cling film or a lid. Further, if you need glaze of different colors, then we lay out the icing in different containers and add food coloring of the color we need. I am using Americolor gel color. The amount is determined from what intensity you want the color to be. But it should be borne in mind that when it dries, the glaze darkens a little and the color becomes richer.

We mix. Look how beautiful it is!

But that's not all! As a rule, glaze is conventionally divided into 3 types:
- thick - for gluing parts for a gingerbread house, drawing small details and inscriptions;
- medium density - for the contours of the drawings;
- liquid - for filling inside the contours.

We need to decide what kind of drawing will be on our gingerbread cookies, this is necessary to understand how much icing of each type we need.

Dense icing is already ready for us. The consistency should be quite thick: the mass is kept on the spoon and does not fall even when the spoon is turned on its side.

To obtain an icing of medium density, add a little water to the original mass and mix. It is better to add drop by drop so as not to overdo it. If the mass is still thick, then repeat the process. The consistency turns out to be of medium density: the mass on the spoon slowly slides down when turned.

To obtain liquid icing, add a little more water to the original mass and mix. If the mass is still thick, then repeat the process. The consistency is slightly thicker than condensed milk. The mass from the spoon, when turned on its side, flows down. We do the fill as follows: first, with thick icing, draw a line along the perimeter of the future fill, and then fill the inner space with liquid icing.

We spread our mass into pastry bags. You can use regular tight bags or even zip bags if you don't have piping bags. Or a pastry syringe.

Cut off the edge and start drawing. The main thing is not to be afraid of this case. Gingerbread will still be an adornment for any tea party. I have quite a bit of talent as an artist, but I still painted pretty well as it seems to me. So, you can apply the glaze as you like, as your heart tells you. In general, there are no restrictions. Children simply adore such creativity, to do the most it with them. The easiest option is to make a solid fill with one color. First, we make a contour with thick icing, which we fill with liquid icing. Carefully distribute everything inside and smooth with a toothpick.

Two-tone mitten. I think everything is clear from the photo: first we apply the contour, fill it, then draw white “polka dots” on red and draw it through the center of the circle with a toothpick. The final touch: sprinkle sugar on the base of the mitten.

Another option for decorating gingerbread: draw several lines with liquid icing in a different color into the filled contour and immediately draw a toothpick along the lines perpendicular to them, first in one direction, then in the other, and so on. It turns out this is such a simple, but beautiful drawing.

Icing dries in different ways: thick in 30 minutes, liquid under the fill dries for a couple of hours at room temperature. If a thick layer of icing was laid on the cookie, then the time increases. In a couple of hours, icing will dry out for sure!

The main thing in this business is a creative approach. Experiment when drawing! You can involve the whole family, as it is quite a fun and exciting process. If you haven't used the whole mass at once, you can store it in a tightly closed container for a couple of weeks. Remember that the glaze hardens quickly when exposed to air.

Ginger, in English Gingy, the gingerbread man from the cartoon "Shrek" greatly appreciated his buttons made of icing sugar (and worried about them). Let's learn how to make enough cookie frosting to help Gryana if he loses his precious buttons.

Sugar icing in confectionery is called "icing", from the English Royal icing, "Royal icing". Such a "magnificent" name is probably explained by the fact that the simplest homemade cookies can be turned into a small work of art with its help. To be convinced of this, it is enough to visit the Christmas markets and admire the bright, fabulous gingerbread.

By itself, the colored cookie frosting is a proteinaceous mass for painting. It may seem that we cover Easter cakes with the same as gingerbread cookies, but it is a mistake to think so. The cake frosting is heavy and brittle, while the gingerbread frosting needs to be plastic. There are small secrets in its preparation and in how to draw it correctly.

This is the basic recipe, classic. By adding various dyes to the finished mass, we get a wide field for creativity.

Ingredients:

• icing sugar - 200 g;
• lemon juice - 1 tsp;
• chicken protein - 1 pc.

Preparation

1. We carefully separate the white from the yolk. Beat it, not to foam, we just need a homogeneous protein mass.
2. Pour the sifted powdered sugar into the protein mass through a strainer or in portions, beat thoroughly.
3. Add lemon juice to the almost finished icing. This is done to make the glaze more pliable and acquire a beautiful shine.

The actual base glaze is ready. How to make it colorful? To do this, you can use artificial food colors, or you can add color with vegetable juices. For example, using beet juice can produce different shades of pink, while carrot juice gives the glaze an orange color.
This video shows the entire cooking process in a very accessible way:

Drawing with icing

In order to decorate our gingerbread (or any other cookie), you need to know some tricks of drawing with icing. Drawing tools can be plastic bags with a tiny hole in the corner, or a pastry syringe. Draw in two ways: with dots and lines, as well as filling.

For each type of drawing, the consistency of the drawing mass should be different. In order to draw lines and points, it must be dense, the basic recipe is used. For pouring, the mass should be thinner, add a little water, literally a few drops. So we draw - we apply the contour with a line, wait for it to dry a little, and then fill it with liquid icing.

We could limit ourselves to the classic recipe. But let's not put ourselves in a rigid framework and try a few more options for making icing for cookies.

Glaze "Caramel"

Ingredients:

• brown cane sugar - half a cup;
• icing sugar - 1 glass;
• butter - 2 tbsp. l .;
• milk - 1 tbsp. l .;
• vanillin - 1 pack.

Preparation

1. Melt butter in a small saucepan, add milk and brown sugar. We warm this mixture until the sugar is completely dissolved.
2. Remove our mixture from heat, add half of the powdered sugar there and beat well.
3. Cool, add the remaining half with vanilla, beat again. That's it, the icing is ready!
   She has a pleasant caramel taste, delicate creamy color.

And here's another recipe for colored glaze from professional confectioners in the piggy bank:

Colored glaze

Ingredients:

• icing sugar - 1 glass;
• milk - 2 tsp;
• sugar syrup - 2 tsp;
• vanillin or almond extract - a quarter tsp

Preparation

1. Mix the powder with milk so that a pasty mass is obtained. Add sugar syrup to it, beat. The glaze becomes shiny and pliable.
2. Add dyes. You can draw.

Chocolate icing for pouring

Ingredients:

• icing sugar - 2 cups;
• milk - 4 tablespoons;
• cocoa - 2 tablespoons;
• butter - 1 tablespoon

Preparation

1. Mix all dry ingredients, add butter, grind.
2. Then, gradually adding milk and stirring, we get the result we need.

As you can see, for the preparation of icing, only two main ingredients are needed: powdered sugar and liquid - protein, milk.

Very tasty, beautiful-looking icing is obtained, for example, if you add powder to orange juice. Pay attention, it is in this sequence, and not vice versa!

A few more secrets to using drawing mass:

1. It is better to moisten the surface of the cookies, so the drawing will be easier to lay down and the filling will be even.
2. To speed up the drying process, you can put the decorated product in a cool oven, or you can be patient and leave to dry for several hours, sometimes the time lengthens to several days, it depends on the icing layer.

Be creative, be creative! And if you involve the whole family in this exciting activity, then drawing with sugar glaze can become a wonderful family tradition.

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You can find out the recipe and prepare New Year's cookies with icing for your family, spoiling your loved ones with a delicious handmade dish. So, let's begin.

Cooking process

The recipes for icing cookies are simple, using the most common ingredients. But the result will exceed all your expectations. These dishes are not only delicious, but also look spectacular. The original cookies will become a real decoration of the table.

Cookies

To make cookies in icing according to our recipe, you need to prepare molds in the form of various figures. You can buy the cookies themselves, but if you cook them yourself, they will turn out much tastier, and there will be no chemicals in the composition.

Now we will share one of the easiest cookie recipes for.

Ingredients:

• flour - 200 g;
• icing sugar - 60 g;
• 1 egg;
• salt.

Cooking process

Mix flour, salt and powder. Add oil here, after cutting it into cubes. We mix all this.

The dough must be prepared so that there are no small crumbs, then add the egg.

Put the dough into a ball and roll it out so that its thickness is about 3 mm. We put the blank in the freezer for half an hour. Then we take out the dough and cut out the figures, which also need to be put in the freezer for 15 minutes. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake the sweetness for about 5 minutes.

Glaze preparation

Cooking glaze is a responsible process, which is what we are going to do now. Here are some of the best recipes for making colored cookie icing. We also have the best ways to cook cookies.

Classic glaze

• icing sugar - 200 g;
• juice of 1 lemon;
• 1 protein.

Cooking process

Mix everything and beat until the volume increases (at least twice). You can get different colors, for this we replace lemon with other juices.

Chocolate glaze

We need:

• icing sugar - 2 tbsp.;
• milk - 4 tbsp. l .;
• cocoa powder - 2 tbsp. l .;
• butter - 1 tbsp l .;
• vanillin - 1 pack.

The oil must first be removed from the refrigerator to soften it. We add everything to it, and the milk a little later - after we have thoroughly rubbed it. Pour milk very slowly and stir all the time to get a homogeneous mass.

Caramel glaze

For this simple recipe you need to take:

• brown sugar - 0.5 cups;
• icing sugar - 1 glass;
• butter - 2 tbsp. l .;
• milk - 3 tbsp. l .;
• vanillin - 1 pack.

Now we are preparing

Melt the butter in a saucepan, then add all the ingredients except half the powder and vanillin. We boil all this for 1 minute and remove from heat to cool. Then you can add the rest and beat.

Professional colored glaze

So let's take:

• icing sugar - 1 glass;
• milk - 2 tsp;
• sugar syrup - 2 tsp;
• almond extract - a little less than half a tsp;
• dyes.

Cooking process:

Mix the powder and milk until a soft paste is obtained. Add syrup here, beat until the mixture becomes shiny and smooth. Now it needs to be distributed among the containers in order to paint.

Orange glaze

For cooking, take:

• icing sugar - 3/4 cup;
• orange juice - 3/4 cup.

Cooking process:

Mix the ingredients and stir to make the icing slightly runny.

Creamy glaze

To make the creamy frosting, use the following ingredients:

• butter - 2 tbsp. l .;
• icing sugar - 3 tbsp.;
• cream (fat) - 2/3 cup;
• vanilla to taste.

Cooking process

Pour the cream and butter into a saucepan and heat over low heat until the butter dissolves. Then we add other ingredients, using a mixer (at high speed), beat the mass until a homogeneous consistency is obtained. Cool to warm the glaze and use.

Marmalade glaze

To prepare the frosting, you need to take:

• 200 g marmalade;
• 4 tbsp. l. Sahara;
• 50 g butter;
• 2 tbsp. l. sour cream.

Cooking process:

Any kind of marmalade will do - according to your taste. Cut it into small pieces in a saucepan, add other ingredients and heat until melted. Boil should be no more than 15 minutes, while stirring constantly. It is necessary to remove from heat when the consistency begins to become thick and gurgle more slowly. The glaze should have small pieces of marmalade, then it will turn out very beautifully. Cool and grease the cookies a little.

Chocolate chip cookies

To prepare this recipe, we take:

• icing sugar - 2 tbsp.;
• milk - 4 tbsp. l .;
• cocoa powder - 2 tbsp. l .;
• butter - 1 tbsp l .;
• vanillin - 1 pack.

Cooking process:

First you need to get the oil out of the refrigerator so that it warms up and becomes soft. Add all ingredients (except milk) and grind. Then slowly add milk to the mixture, make everything homogeneous.

Chocolate-glazed shortbread cookies

Ingredients:

• 250 g wheat flour;
• 230 g butter;
• 2 egg yolks;
• 100 g sugar;
• 50 g dark chocolate
• salt.

Cooking process:

Grind the yolks and 180 g of butter together with sugar and salt. To knead the dough, gradually add flour, and then put it in the refrigerator for half an hour.

To prevent the dough from sticking, you need to sprinkle the surface where we will roll out with flour. Roll out so that the thickness is about 5 mm. Cut out the cookies using the molds. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake until the dish turns golden (about 5 minutes or a little more).

Melt 50 g each chocolate and butter to pour over the pre-chilled cookies.

How to apply the glaze

You need to first apply it to the edges and then to the center. To freeze faster, put the cookies in a preheated oven for a few minutes.

Cookies, even if they melt in your mouth, become boring and uninteresting without icing.

I want your favorite delicacy to give pleasure not only to the taste buds, but also to please the eye. There are plenty of ways to decorate baked goods.

By giving baked goods a festive look, you achieve several goals at the same time.

Firstly, cookies with icing can be served for a celebration, since its appearance allows it to be done without a twinge of conscience.

Secondly, baked goods stay fresh longer. And thirdly, you do not have to spend money on icing, because all the ingredients for its preparation are readily available and cost mere pennies.

Experienced housewives probably know how to make icing for cookies, but this article will come in handy for novice cooks.

I think that those who have repeatedly decorated pastries with their own hands will have something to learn.

Get the Recipe: Milk and Caster Sugar Frosting

Sugar glaze will come in handy as a decoration if you decide to serve baked goods on the festive table.

For small children who like to eat first with their eyes and then put food in their mouths, I recommend using this technique more often. They will experience delight and surprise as soon as they look at such a cookie.

And the hostesses will not hurt to improve their culinary experience when they try, painting the baked goods with icing.

You will need a mixer and products from the following list:

half a glass of powdered sugar; 5 ml of milk; teaspoon sl. oils; a few salt crystals; a little vanilla.

Making the cookie frosting:

1. Soften the oil.
2. Add powdered sugar and salt.
3. Add vanilla and milk to the mixture.
4. Use a mixer to beat until smooth.
5. The icing is ready, you can start working with it: decorate cookies or other baked goods.

Recipe: Caramel Frosting

To make a decoration, you need the following ingredients:

2 large spoons of butter; 1/2 cup brown sugar powdered sugar - one glass; 45 ml milk and vanilla essence to taste.

Cooking steps:

1. Melt butter, mix in brown sugar and milk.
2. Boil the mass for just one minute, then remove it from the stove onto the table.
3. Add some of the powdered sugar, beat with a whisk until smooth and fluffy.
4. Add vanilla and powdered sugar, continue whisking.

The caramel-flavored icing sugar is ready to use. You can fill a cooking syringe with it and draw different patterns on the cookies.

Get the Recipe: Gingerbread Sugar Frosting

When decorating pastries, each hostess wants to give them a unique and festive look.

White cookie frosting is also useful for puffs, it will make them sweet, and for shortcrust pastries.

In the latter case, you will get a tea treat that will stay fresh and crumbly longer.

Just two ingredients - powdered sugar and whole milk, are mixed with a mixer and applied to baked goods. It will take you a few minutes to make the icing for the cookies, but the treat is guaranteed to look festive.

You need: icing sugar - 150 g; 3 large spoons of milk.

You can use vanilla at will, this ingredient is not required.

Let's start making the icing by boiling the milk. Then:

1. Remove the bowl of milk from the heat and add the icing sugar immediately.
2. Stir the mixture and put it on the fire again.
3. Stir the frosting constantly with a spoon and hold it on the stove for a few minutes until it thickens.
4. Spread the baked goods on a board and apply a thin layer of icing with a brush.
5. To make it freeze faster, send the baked goods to the refrigerator, then sprinkle with multi-colored coconut flakes, chopped nuts, or decorate with mastic flowers.

A festive and beautiful decoration is ready, invite everyone to the table.

Get the Recipe: Chocolate Colored Icing

Decorating for baking makes it smart and appetizing. The chocolate biscuit frosting is applied warm until the curing process has begun.

It is convenient to paint the surface of cakes and pastries with glaze, it looks favorably on a light background.

But let's not delay the cooking process for a long time, and above all, we write down all the ingredients:

100 gram dark chocolate bar; icing sugar - 250 g; 100 ml whole milk and a tablespoon of butter.

For a piquant taste, you can add a pinch of black pepper to the glaze, but this is not necessary.

First, break the chocolate with your hands and place in a bowl.

Later:

1. Build a water bath and melt the chocolate with the milk.
2. Add the icing sugar and butter.
3. Mix the chocolate colored glaze with a spoon until it becomes homogeneous and smooth.

Recipe: Creamy Frosting

Having prepared the decoration, you can easily paint the cookies with various patterns. You just need to do it quickly, because it freezes.

For the cookie icing you will need:

5 tbsp. spoons sl. oils; a glass of granulated sugar; 150 ml cream; vanilla to taste.

Stages of making cookie icing:

1. Measure out the butter into a metal container.
2. Add sugar and put the dishes over low heat.
3. Boil the mixture until it turns light brown.
4. Remove the mixture from the stove for a minute, pour in the cream and beat with a mixer. You should have a lush mass of caramel color (as in the photo), it must be returned to the stove again and boiled for ten minutes.
5. Cool the mixture slightly in air, whisking constantly. Add vanilla if that was your plan and start decorating the cookies.

Recipe: Honey Coated

A honey-scented decoration turns out to be shiny and festive. Make it at home, because it will not be difficult.

The main thing is to have food at hand:

50 g butter; 45 ml lemon juice; 2 tbsp. tablespoons of honey of medium density and the same amount of granulated sugar (it is better if it is powdered sugar).

The first thing you should do is mix all the ingredients in a saucepan.

Then:

1. Put the mixture on low heat.
2. Boil until smooth.
3. When the mass cools down a little and begins to stretch, you can decorate the baked goods.

Cover the cookies completely or paint them with patterns, how you will act depends on the taste and flight of imagination.

Some chefs like their creation to be the same color, white or brown, and sprinkled with nuts.

Others prefer to paint the cookies, giving the lines an intricate look. One thing is clear - baking attracts with its originality, you definitely want to try it.

Recipe: Lemon Glaze

The piquant sourness that this decoration gives will appeal to many gourmets. They will certainly appreciate the characteristic citrus scent, which is known to be able to improve mood.

Take: 100 g of oil; 30 ml lemon juice. You will also need powdered sugar (3 glasses).

Whisk the melted butter with powdered sugar and lemon juice. The resulting lush mass of snow-white color is suitable for painting baked goods when it cools slightly.

Colored glaze made from coffee and marshmallows in chocolate

For cookies, a still warm coating is suitable; it cannot be cooled for too long.

To prepare the glaze, you need to stock up on:

100 ml of milk; 100 g sugar; 1 teaspoon of good quality instant coffee; 3 pcs. marshmallow in chocolate.

Cut the marshmallows into cubes, as in the photo, heat the milk.

Later:

1. Pour coffee into milk, stir until dissolved.
2. Melt butter in another saucepan, add sugar and boil until smooth.
3. Combine the sweet mixture with the coffee milk.
4. Add chopped marshmallows.
5. When it opens, keep the colored glaze on fire for another 12-15 minutes.

Decorate the finished baked goods and cool completely. Serve spread over a platter.

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