Perfect Vanilla Icing

Ingredients:

1 cup confectioners’ sugar, sifted (sift after measuring)*

2–3 Tablespoons milk or heavy cream

1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

optional: pinch of salt

Instructions:

Whisk the confectioners’ sugar, 2 Tablespoons milk or heavy cream, and vanilla extract together. Add another Tablespoon of milk or heavy cream to thin out if necessary. For thicker icing, add a little more confectioners’ sugar.

Taste, then add a pinch of salt if desired.

If not using right away, cover and store icing in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.

Notes:

This amount of icing is perfect for 1 batch of cinnamon rolls, scones, muffins, 1 cake etc. For a larger batch, recipe can easily be doubled or tripled.

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Confectioners’ Sugar: I use and recommend Domino brand confectioners’ sugar.

Heavy cream yields a thicker, creamier icing. Milk yields a thinner icing. Half-and-half can also be used.

Flavor: Feel free to add more vanilla extract or even the seeds scraped from 1/4 of a vanilla bean. For lemon or orange icing, replace the milk with fresh lemon or orange juice.