This browned butter frosting is so easy and SO delicious it is going to become your new fall favorite dessert topping. Slather it on our favorite apple cake or a carrot cake, pumpkin muffins, or gingerbread cookies. You’ll never look back.
PREP TIME 10 minutesminutes
Additional Time 1 hourhour
TOTAL TIME 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
YIELD 1Frosting for one 9 x 13 cake pan
Ingredients
1cup(2 sticks) butter
1(16 oz) package of powdered sugar
1/4cupmilk
1tspvanilla extract
Instructions
Melt the butter in a sauce pan over medium heat for about 6 – 8 minutes. Be sure to stir it constantly so the butter doesn’t burn. It will bubble and foam, but just keep stirring. When the butter has a nutty aroma and has turned golden toasty brown, pour it into a small bowl and place it in the fridge to cool for 1 hour.
Once the butter has started to solidify, scrape it into a mixing bowl. Beat the butter with the powdered sugar adding a little at a time and drizzling in a bit of the milk.
Once everything has been added, scrape the sides of the mixing bowl and beat for 1 minute.
Scrape the sides and add the vanilla. Beat again for one more minute or until everything is light and fluffy.
Store any dessert you use this on in the refrigerator so the milk doesn’t spoil.