Brown Sugar Buttercream Frosting

By carvalhohm

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup butter (2 sticks)
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon salt (if you use unsalted butter)

Details

Adapted from cooklikeyourgrandmother.com

Preparation

Step 1

Stir milk and flour together and mix over medium heat for 5-10 minutes, until it thickens. It changes suddenly, so don’t walk away from it.

Set milk mixture aside to cool, and combine sugar, butter and vanilla in mixer.

Beat on medium speed for 5-10 minutes — colder butter will take longer — until sugar is dissolved and you don’t taste graininess of it any more.

Add milk mixture to the butter mixture and stir until smooth.