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Brown sugar icing has a taste kind of like butterscotch, and it flows nicely onto your cookies, coffee cakes, breads, and scones, or whatever else you like it on. Many fall recipes call for a glaze and this one always come to mind.
This icing takes minutes to make and you need no mixer, just a saucepan and a whisk. Most of the time is waiting for each step to be complete. You just let most of the ingredients melt in a pan, then sit for a few minutes before adding the confectioner's sugar. Then, let it sit for a few minutes to cool slightly before spreading or drizzling it on your cakes or cookies.
Ingredients:
- Butter
- Brown sugar
- Milk
- Half & half
- Confectioners sugar
Making the brown sugar icing:
In a small saucepan, add the butter, brown sugar, milk and half & half.
Let the mixture come to a boil, then take off of the burner and let sit for about 7 minutes.
Now is the time to add the confectioners sugar to the mix and stir it all together with a whisk or spoon.
Let the mixture cool for about 12 minutes or to mostly cool, then spread on cookies, , cakes, bread or our Pumpkin Bars.
Brown Sugar Icing
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 7 minutes
- Total Time: 25 mins.
- Yield: 1 ⅓ cups 1x
- Category: icing
Ingredients
- 6 Tablespoons butter
- ¾ cups plus 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar
- 2 Tablespoons whole milk
- 1 Tablespoon half & half
- 1 ¾ cups confectioners sugar (sifted)
Instructions
- In a saucepan, add butter, brown sugar, whole milk, and half & half, and bring the mixture to a boil and boil for 1 minute. Let the mixture sit for 7 more minutes.
- Now, add the confectioner's sugar and mix with a whisk or spoon until completely combined. Let the mixture cool for about 12 minutes or until mostly cool, then spread on cookies, cakes, bread, or our Pumpkin Bars.
- Pour out onto a cooled cake, brownies, or pumpkin bars and spread with a knife.
THIS IS GROSS AND A WASRE OF MY MONEY! Yuck and
take this off!
Hi Rita Schoemann-Griffen,
We're sorry to hear that you did not enjoy our brown sugar icing, Many people liked it and we recommend it on cookies and our pumpkin bars.
Get a life just because you did not likr it. What did you do wrong.
Hello G,
Many people do like our recipe, but everyone has a different opinion about it. Try this recipe for yourself, if you haven't already.
Was gritty, cooked a bit longer, added more cream. Still a little gritty. Will keep looking. The website stated that I had already said that. Was not me, have never made a previous comment on this site
Hello DELSIE A LESPERANCE,
We're sorry the icing was too gritty for your liking. There was a previous post that was made 2 minutes before this one, only it had the first 2 sentences.
I have such sweet memories of this icing. It was my dad’s favorite. Thank you so much for posting. My cake was a hit at Sunday dinner.
Hello Lori,
We are grateful that you appreciate us for posting this recipe. It is a delicious icing, and we're glad that you cake was a hit! We have other icing recipes as well like chocolate, peanut butter, and caramel Swiss meringue. Feel free to try them too!
Thanks for posting! My mom made this for her chocolate cake and I wanted to make sure I remembered it correctly.
Hello Susan Jarvis,
We're happy that you like us posting this icing recipe. We have made this on our pumpkin bars. Feel free to try that recipe as well, if you haven't already.
This is similar to the icing my mom made for her Lazy Dazy cake. Nice consistency. Brings back good memories! It’s a keeper for me.
Hello Michael,
We're glad that you think this recipe is worth keeping. We have never tried a lazy daisy cake before, but it is always nice to hear of other treats for us to try next from our commenters. Thank you so much!