# Ermine Frosting

## Ingredients

- `40` g flour (use king arthur glutenn free for gluten free option)
- `200` g white sugar
- `240` g cup milk
- `2` sticks unsalted butter


### Vanilla Frosting Option:

- `1.5` tsp vanilla extract

### Chocolate Frosting Option:

- `1/4` cup cocoa powder, unsweetened

### Cinnamon Frosting Option

- `1` tsp ground cinnamon

### Candy Cane Frosting Option

- `2` candy canes, melted in with milk

### Lemon Frosting Option

- `1` tsp dehydrated lemon powder
- `2` lemon's zest

### Peanut Butter Frosting Option

- `1.5` sticks unsalted Butter
- `67` g smooth peanut butter

### Oreo Frosting Option

- `12` oreos crushed and added to frosting after mixing

### Prosecco Frosting Option

- `320` g prosecco, reduced on low heat
- `30` g prosecco after reduction

### Candied Pecan / Walnut Frosting Option

- replace white sugar with brown sugar
- `1` recipe of candied pecans / walnuts, blitzed in food processor

### Matcha Frosting Option

- `1` tsp matcha powder

### Nutella

- `112` g nutella (added in addition to the butter, not replacing any butter)

### Coconut

- `36` g coconut milk powder

### Espresso

- add `2` tsp cafe bustelo instant espresso when heating milk

### Raspberry

- `20` g freeze dried raspberry

### Freeze dried fruit

- `40`g freeze dried fruit

### Ube

- `2` TBSP ube powder

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## Instructions

### Thickening Roux:

- Place flour and sugar in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly, for 30 seconds.
- While whisking constantly, slowly pour the milk in.
- As the milk gets hotter, it will start to thicken - stir constantly so the base doesn't catch.
- Cook until the mixture thickens in a thick, dolloping custard
- Remove from heat and scrape into a bowl. Cover with cling wrap, pressing down onto the surface to prevent a skin from forming.
- Cool completely. You can leave in fridge overnight but take it out 1 hour prior to using.

### Making The Fluffy Frosting:

- Place butter in a bowl and use either a handheld beater or stand mixer to beat for 3 minutes until it's smooth and changes from yellow to very pale yellow, almost white.
- Now start whipping in the Thickening Roux. On speed 5, start adding the thick roux one heaped TBSP at a time. Take about 1 minute to add it all.
- Once all added, add your flavoring option if applicable, then whip for 2 to 3 minutes until you can see that it is still enough to hold peaks. Then it's ready to use!

Servings: 2

Category: Desserts

Link: https://www.recipetineats.com/fluffy-vanilla-frosting/

Tags: Vegetarian