Confectioner's sugar icing

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¼ cup Unsalted butter
1 tablespoon Water
½ cup Confectioner's sugar

Directions

In a small saucepan over medium heat, stir together the butter and water until the butter melts. Remove from heat and let stand until cool, about 5 minutes. Add the sugar to the butter mixture and whisk vigorously until smooth and thickened, about 1 minute. Use within 5 minutes, or the icing may become too thick to drizzle. If the icing does become too thick, rewarm it for 2 to 3 seconds over low heat, whisking constantly. Makes a scant ½ cup.

Variations: Orange flavor: Use 1 tablespoon undiluted thawed, frozen orange juice concentrate in place of the water.

Brown sugar flavor: Add ¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar to the warm butter mixture and stir until the sugar dissloves; let cool, then whisk in the confectioner's sugar.

Clove flavor: Add ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves with the confectioner's sugar.

Lime or lemon flavor: Use 1 tablespoon fresh lime or lemon juice in place of the water and add ½ teaspoon grated lime or lemon zest with the confectioner's sugar.

From Williams-Sonoma Kitchen Library Typed for you by Marjorie Scofield 6/23/95

Recipe By : From Cakes, Cupcakes, Cheesecakes From: Marjorie Scofield Date: 06-24-95 (02:19) (159) Fido: Cooking

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