Doughnuts - A Basic Sugar Glaze

An important part of a doughnut is the glaze. It gives the doughnut flavor and makes the doughnut unique. Before reading the cookbook, I did not know how to make glaze. I also thought that it might be complicating to make, but I found out that it's pretty simple. There are many types and flavors of doughnut glaze but I chose to make two very common doughnut glazes.


Basic Sugar Glaze: 
The first glaze I chose to make for my doughnuts was the basic sugar glaze. The basic sugar glaze is probably my favorite glaze on doughnuts. It's clear and is very common. It's has a very simple recipe that only requires 3 ingredients, one of them being optional.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups of sifted confectioner's sugar
3 to 4 tablespoons of milk or water (I chose to do milk)
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract (Optional)

Steps:
1. Place the sugar in a medium bowl and slowly stir in the milk and vanilla extract to make a smooth glaze.


When I was making the glaze, I only used the confectioner's sugar and milk. I added as much milk and sugar as the cookbook said. One thing I noticed was that as I was putting the glaze on the doughnuts, it would slip right off. The glaze was very runny. Then I thought that maybe adding four tablespoons of milk is what caused it to be runny. I decided to add some more sugar to help balance out the glaze. I didn't measure it, but it made the glaze thicker and stick to the doughnuts.

Question: What's your favorite type of doughnut glaze?