Browned Butter Frosting

Name: Browned Butter Frosting
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2-1/2 cups.
Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter, cubed; 6 cups confectioners' sugar; 3 to 5 tablespoons 2% milk; 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

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

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.

Nutrition Facts

2 tablespoons: 202 calories, 7g fat (4g saturated fat), 19mg cholesterol, 71mg sodium, 36g carbohydrate (34g sugars, 0 fiber), 0 protein.

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

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Lady-L

Oct 7, 2013

horrible tasted too buttery and too much sugar. i used the recipe exactly it is gross!!!!!
cmoultrie

Sep 17, 2013

Delicious over banana bread!