Brown Sugar Frosting

5 from 1 vote

This Brown Sugar Frosting is a homemade frosting recipe that is rich, creamy, sweet and cozy! With its light brown sugar and cinnamon flecks in every spoonful, it is the perfect easy frosting for all your sweet treats! It is the best sugar cookie frosting, it's perfect on cakes and cupcakes and is even luscious by the spoonful! This sugar frosting takes a few minutes to make and has zero milk of any kind! You can easily make it dairy free by using vegan butter and, as always, it is gluten free, eggless and nut free!

Prep Time7

Total Time7

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan

Servings: servings

Calories: 317kcal

Author: Lee

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter or vegan baking stick, room temperature
¾ cup light brown sugar , packed
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
6 cups confectioners' sugar
¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons water (you may not need all of it)

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Instructions

In the large bowl of an electric mixer or using a hand held mixer, beat the 1 cup butter or vegan baking stick until smooth and creamy. About 2 minutes.
Into the butter, beat in the ¾ cup light brown sugar, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon and 1 teaspoon pure vanilla until smooth and combined. About 2 minutes more.
Slowly add in 3 cups of the confectioners' sugar and half the water (about 3 tablespoons) and beat until smooth.
Then add in the other 3 cups of the confectioners' sugar and slowly add in the remaining 3 tablespoons of water a little at a time until you get the desired consistency. You may not need to use all the water.

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Notes

Vegan: Use vegan baking sticks, vegan sugar and vegan vanilla.

Storing: Refrigerate any extra frosting in a bowl covered in plastic wrap, for up to 2 days. Bring to room temperature prior to using. Beat with a electric mixer to regain that creaminess.

Notes: Makes enough frosting for a 2 layer cake, 16 cupcakes, 12 large cookies or 6 dozen small cookies.

Nutrition: The info below is a generated estimate and is not guaranteed to be accurate.

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