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Best Butter Cream Icing Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
8oz unsalted butter (room temperature)
4 cups powdered sugar
2tsp vanilla flavoring
2-4 Tbsp milk
pinch salt
Directions:
Directions:
Beat butter until softened and fluffy. Add sugar vanilla and pinch of salt and beat until light and fluffy. Incorporate 2 Tbsp milk. Mix extra milk if desired for lighter consistency.


For Peanut Butter icing: omit vanilla and milk. Substitute ¾ cup peanut butter for butter and add 1 cup milk.

Chocolate icing: melt 4 oz milk chocolate and fold into buttercream recipe above.

Lemon: omit vanilla and ½ of the milk. Add 2 Tbsp lemon juice.

Strawberry: omit vanilla, milk and 1 cup sugar. Add ½ cup strawberry jam.

 

 

 

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