For cakes, rolls, and pastries, this vanilla glaze should be a staple frosting.

Its simple vanilla flavor pairs well with warm spices,chocolate, and fruit, too.

(Just verify to sift your powdered sugar to avoid any lumps.)

Southern Living Vanilla Glaze pouring the prepared glaze over a cake

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For beautiful flecks of vanilla bean throughout the glaze, use an equal amount ofvanilla bean pasteinstead of extract.

Drizzle over baked good:

Use glaze immediately.

Southern Living Vanilla Glaze ingredients

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Southern Living Vanilla Glaze whisking together the glaze ingredients

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Southern Living Vanilla Glaze pouring the glaze over the cake

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