Name: Caramel Frosting
Ingredients: 3 tbsp. or more half-and-half; 2 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted; ½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar; 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract; ¼ tsp. salt; ¼ cup firmly packed dark brown sugar; ⅓ cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Brownies To Die For!

By Bev Shaffer

Published 2006

About

A friend of mine liked to use this atop soft cookies, until one day I introduced her to my version—atop brownies. She’s never been the same.

Ingredients

Frosting

⅓ cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
¼ cup firmly packed dark brown sugar

Method

For the Frosting

Combine the butter and sugars in a small saucepan. Stir over low heat until butter is melted and sugars are combined. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce to a simmer and cook, stirring constantly, for 3 minutes.

Carefully add the half-and-half, and return the mixture to a boil, stirring. Remove saucepan from heat; place in a medi