You can easily learn how to make your own sanding sugar for decorations. By adding food coloring to sugar and drying it out, you can have pretty sparkling glitter sugar for decorating cakes, cookies and even ice cream. Enjoy this simple and yet fun project.
Prepare: 15 minutesmins
Rest Time: 2 hourshrs
Total Time: 2 hourshrs15 minutesmins
Servings: 6
Ingredients
2tbs(1oz) sugar
1-10dropsliquid food coloring
Instructions
Line baking trays with wax paper or parchment paper.
Divide sugar into four sandwich bags and squeeze several drops of food coloring into each bag.
Remove air and seal bag
Squeeze sugar until well incorporated and the food coloring is throughly mixed. Add additional food coloring to get darker shades.
Spread onto baking trays and allow to dry completely.
Store in air tight containers or bags.
Notes
If desired, you can speed up drying time by heating in oven for 7 minutes at 200F (100C.)