Buttercream Frosting

Name: Buttercream Frosting
Yield: Makes about 4 cups
Ingredients: 4 , large eggs; 1 cup (7 ounces), granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; Pinch, table salt; 1 pound, unsalted butter (4 sticks), softened, each stick cut into quarters

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2006

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This versatile frosting comes together quickly.

SERVESMakes about 4 cups

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This traditional (European) buttercream frosting recipe is made by heating eggs and sugar over a pan of simmering water, then removing from the heat and whipping in butter. If it becomes runny, simply plunge the bowl of frosting into ice wa...

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