Notes:
This is NOT a diet recipe! I am going to make fortune cookies for my girl’s birthday party favors, and I have never made a glaze before. I found this recipe, and it seems to be well-reviewed.
Servings: 24
Ingredients:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
2 tablespoons water
10 drops food coloring
Directions:
Stir confectioners' sugar, corn syrup, and water together. Stir in food coloring if desired. This glaze must be stirred each time you use it. If it is not stirred before each use it will dry with a mottled look instead of a solid color.
Advice given by others was: add a few drops of flavor (vanilla, almond or coconut extracts). If milk is used it seems to taste batter, but turns out matte, not glossy. No putting cookies in the fridge after glazing! Ruins the shine. One reviewer suggesting adding more sugar to thicken it a bit more,others concurred. Advice: Add the water very slowly. If you use a flavoring or an exract, add that first, then the water. Be careful not to add to much liquid and make the frosting runny. Always apply to completely cold cookies. Dries overnight.
on glazing: Just dip the cookie face-down in this glaze and twist, place on a piece of waxed paper and let sit for a couple hours. Make another bowl of this glaze in a contrasting color, take a spoon and drizzle it over the cookie for a neat effect too.