Caramel icing #1

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupSugar
1Egg; slightly beaten
1Stick butter
¾cupEvaporated milk
1teaspoonVanilla

Directions

Heat milk and 2 cups sugar with butter. Cool slightly and add beaten egg.

Melt ½ cup sugar in iron skillet slowly until brown and runny. Turn heat to medium on first mixture; add browned sugar and cook 10 minutes. Remove from heat; cool slightly and add vanilla. Beat to desired consistency for spreading over cake, adding a bit of cream if mixture becomes too thick.

MRS NELL LEWIS

MARVELL, AR

From the book <High Cotton Cookin'>, Marvell Academy Mothers Assn, Marvell, AR 72366, ISBN 0-918544-14-9, downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .