How Make Colored Confectioner's Sugar (Secret Ingredient)

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Colored confectioner's sugar, also known as colored powdered sugar, is an easy way to dress up cookies and other baked goods.

Making a batch of colored powered sugar will make you feel like a pastry chef, even if you're a baking newbie.

You can color cookies for a holiday like Easter or St. Patrick's Day like these Pastel Cookies.

Or you could make a batch of colored sugar to decorate homemade donuts.

pastel colored cookies on purple cloth — Easy Cookie DIY: Customize your cookies with homemade colored confectioners sugar.

All you need to make colored confectioner's sugar is confectioner's sugar, of course, and freeze-dried fruit and a tool to use to blend them together.

I used a food processor and that's probably the simplest tool to use.

However, in a pinch if you could probably blend the sugar and freeze-dried fruit in a blender. Just make sure the blender is completely dry.

You could also use a really clean, preferably unused coffee grinder to make really small amounts of colored confectioner's sugar.

Does Confectioners Sugar Go Bad?

Confectioners sugar or powdered sugar will last indefinitely if stored in an airtight container. However, use your senses-smell, sight, taste--to make sure it's still fresh. Powered sugar can go stale after a time.

Yield: 1 cup of colored sugar

How to Make Colored Confectioner's Sugar

Easy Cookie DIY: Customize your cookies with homemade colored confectioners sugar.

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 1 minute

Total Time: 6 minutes

Ingredients

½ cup confectioners’ sugar or icing sugar if you're in the UK
¼ cup to ½ cup freeze dried fruit

Instructions

Measure confectioner's sugar and freeze dried fruit.

Add sugar and freeze dried fruit to bowl of food processor.

Pulse for a minute until freeze-dried fruit is pulverized and combned with the powdered sugar.

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Nutrition Information

Yield 1 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 901Total Fat 0gSaturated Fat 0gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 0mgSodium 24mgCarbohydrates 233gFiber 7gSugar 217gProtein 2g