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2 sticks (1 c.) unsalted butter left to sit overnight at room temperature.
2 tsp extract of your choice
2 TBSP milk or half and half (you can use cream but the icing will be much stiffer)
4c or 32oz sifted icing/powdered sugar
Pinch of salt
Cream the butter in an electric mixer. Add the salt to it.
Add the sugar a little at a time unless you have a guard to cover the mixer so that it doesn’t kick the powder up at you.
Add the extract and milk as you add the sugar so as to keep moisture balanced.
Run the mixer up through the levels to the highest setting in between each incorporation of sugar.
It will look like too much sugar, but it isn’t. If you get icing too stiff, thin with a little bit of milk at a time.
Pipe while fresh, and then allow to set. If you want to color it, you can either add the coloring while the icing is being made or divide and make it different colors in servings. Just be sure to use gel coloring, or there will be too much moisture. You can freeze and refrigerate it, though it must be air tight or it will set. Before using it after refrigerating, you should let it come to room temp, or put it in the microwave for a few seconds at a time.
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