Maple-Brown Sugar Frosting

Name: Maple-Brown Sugar Frosting
Yield: Makes about 4 cups
Ingredients: 24 tablespoons, unsalted butter (3 sticks), cut into pieces and softened; 2 tablespoons packed, brown sugar; 3/4 teaspoon, maple extract; 3 tablespoons, heavy cream; 2 1/2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 3 cups (12 ounces), confectioners' sugar

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2010

Desserts or Baked Goods

Cakes

For creamy, satiny frosting, it's the little things that count.

SERVESMakes about 4 cups

TIME30 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

It was important to use unsalted butter in our Maple-Brown Sugar Frosting, as salted butter contained varying levels of salt, depending on the brand. Using unsalted butter allowed us to accurately control the amount of salt in our frosting....

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