My vanilla icing for donuts is smooth and creamy, making it perfect for pouring, drizzling, or dunking your favorite baked goods! With just 3 ingredients and 5 minutes time, you can whip up this easy vanilla icing for cinnamon rolls, scones, cakes, turnovers, or whatever you like!
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Instructions
In a small to a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar with 1 tablespoon of milk and vanilla extract. Mix, then add more milk as needed to reach your desired consistency for the icing.
Once your glaze has reached a good thickness that drizzles freely from your whisk, spatula, or spoon, taste and add the optional pinch of salt if too sweet.
Dip baked and cooled donuts into the icing with the tops facing downward so that they are halfway submerged into the icing. Place dunked donuts back onto a wire cooling rack over a sheet of parchment paper.
The glaze will harden over time, depending on your icing consistency.
Notes
Always wait for the donuts or other baked goods to cool before applying the icing. The heat will cause the icing to melt and run.
For a thicker, creamier icing swap the milk for heavy cream.
Transform the flavor of your icing by swapping the vanilla for any of your favorite extracts like almond, coconut, maple, rum, orange, or lemon.
To store: Any unused icing can be kept in an airtight jar or container at room temperature for up to 4 days. Cover with cling film over the surface of your icing (touching) to prevent a skin from forming.