Easy Strawberry Glaze Recipe

This easy strawberry glaze is one of those simple recipes that makes anything feel a little more special. It’s smooth, sweet, pink, and full of strawberry flavor without needing food coloring or fresh berries. I love it most on homemade doughnuts, but it’s also so good over scones, bundt cake, cookies, biscuits, and even my english muffins. The freeze-dried strawberries are the little trick here. They give the glaze a stronger strawberry flavor without adding extra moisture, so the glaze stays thick, glossy, and easy to drizzle or dip. It’s quick to make and comes together with just a few ingredients

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I started making this strawberry glaze for my homemade doughnuts, and now I want to put it on everything. It’s sweet, pretty, and has that real strawberry flavor without needing fresh berries or food coloring. The freeze-dried strawberries make the glaze taste brighter and keep it from getting watery, which is exactly what you want when you’re dipping doughnuts or drizzling it over cake. Tiny ingredient, big payoff.

• Add the powdered sugar to a mixing bowl.
• Finely crush the freeze-dried strawberries until they are close to a powder. You can use a food processor, blender, or place them in a sealed bag and crush them with a rolling pin.
• Add the crushed freeze-dried strawberries, melted butter, and milk to the powdered sugar.
• Whisk until smooth. If the glaze is too thick, add a little more milk. If it is too thin, add more powdered sugar.
• Use right away for the smoothest finish.

Tips for the Best Strawberry Glaze

• Crush the strawberries finely. Bigger pieces will still taste good, but the glaze will be more textured.
• Add the milk slowly. A little liquid changes glaze quickly, because apparently glaze has trust issues.
• Use warm melted butter. This helps the glaze mix smoothly.
• Make it thicker for dipping. Use less milk if you want a thicker glaze for doughnuts.
• Make it thinner for drizzling. Add a little more milk if you want to drizzle it over cake, cookies, or scones.

Easy Strawberry Glaze Recipe

Danielle Cochran

This easy strawberry glaze recipe is made with powdered sugar, melted butter, milk, and freeze-dried strawberries. It’s smooth, sweet, full of berry flavor, and perfect for doughnuts, cakes, cookies, scones, and quick breads.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Equipment

• Mixing bowl
• Whisk
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Food processor, blender, or rolling pin for crushing strawberries

Ingredients

  

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• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 4 tbsp melted butter
• 3 tbsp finely crushed freeze-dried strawberries
• 5 tbsp milk

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Instructions

 

• Add the powdered sugar to a bowl.
• Mix in the melted butter, crushed freeze-dried strawberries, and milk.
• Whisk until smooth.
• Add more milk if you want a thinner glaze or more powdered sugar if you want it thicker.
• Use right away on doughnuts, cakes, cookies, or scones.

Notes

For the smoothest glaze, crush the freeze-dried strawberries as finely as possible.
Add the milk slowly so the glaze does not become too thin.
Use a thicker glaze for dipping doughnuts and a thinner glaze for drizzling over cakes or cookies.
Store leftovers in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days and whisk before using again.

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