This recipe calls for a pre-made mix that may be kept at room temperature for several weeks. On Allrecipes.com, you can view the recipe for Basic Cookie Mix. For this recipe, use two cups. To make coconut cookies, use the following ingredients.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 6 mins |
| Additional Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 16 mins |
| Servings: | 36 |
| Yield: | 4 1/2 cups |
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- ½ cup milk
- 6 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Melt butter in a 2-quart saucepan over medium heat; stir in brown sugar. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook until thickened, about 1 minute. Let cool for 5 minutes.
- Whisk milk into the saucepan until mixture is smooth.
- Beat 3 cups confectioners’ sugar and salt into the butter mixture with an electric mixer on low speed. Add remaining confectioners’ sugar 1 cup at a time, beating until smooth.
- If desired, garnish frosting with chopped nuts or chocolate chips.
- Substitute half-and-half for milk, if desired.
Reviews
Way too thick, thought about adding more milk but didn’t, spread it on a 9×13 chocolate. It was super hard to spread. Taste was off too, my son and I ate the cake plain. Bummer, was hoping the other positive reviews would be right, but the negative one was accurate for me.
I made it and used a little more mike for spreading. Might need to double recipe for bigger cake
I was hoping this would be light and fluffy, but it was the complete opposite. I followed the exact recipe, but it was gritty and very heavy. I’m usually a frosting lover, but I just couldn’t eat this. I scraped it off the cake – A FIRST FOR ME!
I followed the recipe exactly. The frosting was gritty because the brown sugar did not dissolve. Not sure what I did wrong
This is my favorite caramel frosting! It is SUPER easy and quick, and I’ve made it numerous times with zero changes. It is wonderful on cake or cookies – and, as all good frostings should be, straight out of the bowl!