It's not often I can work a Vanilla Ice song into a video recipe, but here it fit like a pair of baggy pants.This quick and simple lemon icing recipe is what I frosted my Easter bread with, and it works nicely as an all-purpose glaze for all types of cookies, breads, and pastries.
You remember that comedian, the one with the big porn-stache, that did the, "you might be a redneck if" routine?
By the way, if you were at one of his shows, you were a redneck. This recipe reminds me of that bit. You could come up with a whole list of "you might be a bad cook if…" statements, but one of them for sure would be, "you might be a bad cook if you buy icing."There can't be an easier recipe than a simple sugar icing. Can you stir? Good, then you have what it takes. I'm assuming if you do buy your icing, it's because you simply don't know the recipe, or just assumed (like everyone at a Jeff Foxworthy show is a redneck) it was too complicated. It's not. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
2 tsp grated lemon zest, optional
1 tbsp milk
1 small drop food coloring, optional
30 comments:
Mmm Pepto-goodness.
I never understood why people bought icing, when it is only 3 common ingredients (Depending on the icing I suppose).
Hi Chef, Thanks for the recipe!
BTW heard SF was hit by comm. outage. Did it get you too?
i dont think so
Loved the background tune you chose, but wished you'd showed us (in slow motion, ala David Letterman)) how the sprinkles get rejected by hardened icing and bounce off.
:-) next time
To answer the question about why people buy icing: I believe that people buy cake mixes and canned icing because they grew up thinking that the chemicals they were tasting was a normal thing and they can't reproduce that flavor at home.
Jackie
Scientific correction - The water in the lemonjuice and milk, does NOT melt the sugar. It dissolves it. Big difference. :)
Other than that i just still love your recipies..
I'll have to defend my choice of words... one of the meanings of "melt" is "to become liquid" so in that sense the sugar does melt.
The wicked witch of the west didn't say, "I'm dissolving, I'm dissolving!"
Hey Skuffen,
Since you're into correcting folks, Maybe you should check your spelling of the word recipes! :)
Hey now, everyone, be nice! Spelling errors are usually typos - and semantics is what makes our beautiful language so wonderful.
lol, love this.
There's also something quite odd/funny about seeing pink and tasting lemon :P
Made the dough last night. It rose beautifully. Made braids today. Dough was easy to work with.
Can't wait to see how they turn out today.
Thanks for another great recipe chef ! :)
Just one question, how can I make chocolate icing ?
here is a link to some simple ones. http://www.buzzle.com/articles/chocolate-icing-recipes.html
Can't resist it.
Ice, ice, baby!
I will quickly defend my spelling. Im from Denmark.
And Chef John, melting does means becoming liquid - and that is not what the augar does. Sugar gets liquad at its melting point. When a crystalic molecule like saccharose (biggest part of household sugar) dissolves, it breaks down into ions. Lige kitchen salt, SodiumChloride (NaCl), which breaks down into Na+ and Cl- ions when dissolved in water.
This is not a critic, just a point-out from a fan.
Hey, Chef,
Where can I buy all of your utensils, pots, silicone baking mats, etc that you use in your videos? I'd go to IKEA to pick some out for myself, but I trust your judgment more than mine!
i hope your kidding
the kidding comment was for the scientist. some the utensils are in the amazon store in my sidebar. Ikea's stuff is fine. I don't have time to do a complete list, but one of these days.
Only your recipes are worth the pain of getting my ears raped by Vanilla Ice.
Hey chef and everybody, the comments are about THE RECIPE!
CHEERS!
Thak you very much for this recipe, I make roles de canela (cinnamon rolls) whith icing. This is grate!
ps.excuse my spelling :)
Hi Nora. Your recipe for Cinnamon rolls looks delicious.
Hi chef, my name is alex. my wife loves sweets, but she is allergic to corn syrup,corn starch,and corn flour. is their a way i could subsitude the powder sugar in our pink icing recipe. thanks for your time.
Im confused... the recipe uses powdered sugar, there is no corn syrup,corn starch,and corn flour.
powder sugar is made with corn starch.alex
your video is not working on my computer :( could you tell me simply what to do with the ingredients? Perhaps mix and heat?
no cooking, just stir together, that's it!
Dear Alex,
I might have a solution for your problem: just throw small portions of regular granulated sugar in your blender and blend them till powdery!
With kind regards,
Maarten
Dear Chef John,
This seems an amazing recipe. so theres basically no need to use icing sugar ? powdered sugar alone will do the trick? Fab!
Thanks for a great recipe!
cheers!
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