Browned Butter Frosting Recipe

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This old-fashioned frosting is great on an apple cake or spice cake or cupcakes.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Greendale, Wisconsin

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Browned Butter Frosting Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

Yield: 20 Servings

10 10 20

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, cubed
6 cups confectioners' sugar
3 to 5 tablespoons 2% milk
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

In a small saucepan, cook butter over low heat until lightly browned. Remove from the heat; cool slightly.
In a large bowl, beat the sugar, butter, 3 tablespoons milk and vanilla until blended. Beat in enough remaining milk to achieve spreading consistency. Yield: 2-1/2 cups.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 tablespoons) equals 202 calories, 7 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 19 mg cholesterol, 71 mg sodium, 36 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Browned Butter Frosting in Taste of Home Baking Book , p168