Salted Browned Butter Frosting
 
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups unsalted butter, softened
  • 5 cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 2 vanilla bean pods, split, scraped, and seeds reserved
  • 1½ teaspoons fine sea salt*
  • 2½ tablespoons whole milk
  • 2 teaspoons heavy whipping cream
Instructions
  1. In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat until it foams. Using a rubber spatula, scrape bottom of pan to keep butter from burning so butter will brown evenly. (Lower heat, if necessary.) Let butter foam a second time. Stir, watching carefully so butter does not burn, until butter is a deep golden yellow and has a nutty aroma.
  2. Transfer browned butter to a heatproof bowl, and let cool to room temperature. Refrigerate until butter becomes solid but soft enough to cream in a mixer.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, beat chilled browned butter with a mixer at medium speed, approximately 2 minutes. Add confectioners’ sugar, beating at low speed until fluffy. Add reserved vanilla bean seeds and salt to butter mixture, beating to combine. Add milk and cream, beating at high speed until frosting is light and fluffy.
  4. Use immediately.
Recipe by TeaTime Magazine at https://teatimemagazine.com/vanilla-cupcakes-with-salted-browned-butter-frosting-recipe/