Vanilla Buttercream (Buddy)

By angiej936

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened cool room temperature
• 2 ‑1/2 cups 10x sugar
• 2 teaspoons milk
• Innards scraped from one vanilla bean
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Pinch fine sea salt

Details

Servings 12
Adapted from recipes.howstuffworks.com

Preparation

Step 1

Beat the butter until fluffy on medium, stand mixer fitted with whip. Turn to low, add 10x sugar by 1/4 cup until incorporated. Add milk, vanilla bean bits, extract and salt. Increase to med-high, beat a minute or two until light and fluffy.