Best 2 Browned Butter Icing Recipes
Browning butter adds a rich, nutty flavor to icing, making it an ideal topping for cakes, cupcakes, and other desserts. With its deep amber color and caramel-like taste, browned butter icing is sure to impress your friends and family. While it may seem intimidating, making browned butter icing is actually quite simple. With just a few basic ingredients and a little bit of patience, you can create a delicious and decadent icing that will elevate any dessert.
Here are our top 2 tried and tested recipes!
BROWNED BUTTER ICING
My mom used to make this all time. Wonderful on a spice cake!
Provided by Patty2007
Categories Desserts Frostings and Icings
Time 25m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Heat the butter in a saucepan over low heat until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the confectioners' sugar, cream, and vanilla extract. Add water, mixing vigorously until smooth.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 121.1 calories, Carbohydrate 20.9 g, Cholesterol 11.9 mg, Fat 4.3 g, Protein 0.1 g, SaturatedFat 2.7 g, Sodium 28 mg, Sugar 20.5 g
BANANA TOFFEE BARS W/ BROWNED BUTTER ICING
These are rich and melt in your mouth - very much like a banana cake. Toffee and banana go so well together. I think these would also be good using almond extract. These are fabulous for a coffee break, dessert or a sinful breakfast. You can use any brand of toffee pieces such as Skor or Heath, just make sure they are not chocolate covered. ***NOTE: I wrote out the amounts for the sugar in the bars and the butter in the icing because Food.com wasn't recognizing "1/3". Hence, these amounts are not included in the nutritional value***
Provided by Nanners
Categories Bar Cookie
Time 1h
Yield 36 bars
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- For the Bars.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 15x10x1-inch baking pan.
- Beat the butter in an electric mixer on medium to high speed about 30 seconds. Beat in the sugar until fluffy - about 1 minute, scraping bowl as needed.
- Beat in the egg, mashed bananas, sour cream and vanilla until very well combined.
- In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add dry mixture to wet and mix together, scraping bowl as needed until well combined. Stir in 3/4 C toffee pieces.
- Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan, spreading evenly. Bake for 22-25 minutes (at 350) or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Let cool 20-30 minutes before icing.
- For the Icing.
- In a small saucepan heat one-third cup butter over low heat until melted. Continue heating until the butter turns a light brown. This may take a few minutes. Remove from heat; pour into a medium bowl.
- Add 2 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar, 1 t. vanilla and 1 T. milk. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed until combined. Beat on medium to high speed, adding enough milk to make frosting of spreading consistency. I usually add 2 more tablespoons milk.
- Use icing immediately.
Tips:
- Use unsalted butter. Salted butter can make the icing too salty.
- Brown the butter until it is a deep golden brown. This will give the icing a rich, nutty flavor.
- Let the browned butter cool slightly before adding it to the icing. If the butter is too hot, it will melt the icing and make it runny.
- Use a stand mixer or hand mixer to beat the icing until it is light and fluffy. This will help to incorporate air into the icing and make it smooth and creamy.
- Add the powdered sugar gradually, beating well after each addition. This will help to prevent the icing from becoming lumpy.
- Add a little bit of milk or cream to the icing if it is too thick. This will help to thin it out and make it easier to spread.
- Flavor the icing with vanilla extract, almond extract, or other extracts of your choice. You can also add spices, such as cinnamon or nutmeg, to taste.
- Use the icing to frost cakes, cupcakes, or cookies. You can also use it as a filling for pies or tarts.
Conclusion:
Browned butter icing is a delicious and versatile frosting that can be used on a variety of desserts. It is easy to make and can be customized to your own taste preferences. So next time you are looking for a frosting that is both delicious and impressive, give browned butter icing a try!
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