What's the first step to gorgeous decorated holiday cookies? A blank canvas: baked cutout cookies iced with a simple cookie glaze perfect for adding sparkling sugars, frosting decorations, or simply a few drops of food colors. But not just any cookie glaze will do; you want one that dries fast, but not too fast. Firm, but not unpleasantly hard. And smooth. Satiny smooth.

This simple powdered sugar icing will turn your plain sugar cookies into festive treats! Perfect for drizzling over cakes and pastries too!

Learn how to make icing with icing sugar and water! A smooth & glossy icing that is perfect for decorating baked goods & sugar cookies!

These soft gingerbread cookies with a cinnamon icing are a tender and chewy cookie, full of all the holiday spices.

This quick and easy almond glaze recipe is perfect for dressing up cookies, cakes, and quick breads of all kinds.

Glazed Shortbread Cutout Cookies - melt-in-your-mouth buttery crisp shortbread cookies with a beautiful (and delicious!) glaze.

These buttery, melt in your mouth chai spiced snowflake cookies are super fun and festive! This recipe features a very low-

These cookies are the perfect mixture of orange and sugar, great for getting family and friends in the holiday spirit or sharing at a potluck.

Vanilla Icing Glaze is perfect to ice cookies. This icing makes a great bundt cake glaze, donut glaze, cinnamon roll icing, and cake icing glaze. Vanilla flavored glaze that sets up perfectly. simplyhappyfoodie.com, cookie frosting, icing for cookies, glaze for cookies

Classic soft and chewy spiced gingerbread cookies with a sweet glaze. A perfect treat to make during the holidays and a fun addition to any cookie tin! If you only make a few cookie recipes